ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE TEACHING –LEARNING PROCESS Case of 1ST Year EFL Students at the University of Tlemcen

Abstract

The 21ST century is the age of development and innovation; it is the age of modern technology. Technology is used in every aspect of society; it has become an integral part of our lives. It is used to facilitate our lives and in the domain of education it can be is used to simplify and improve the quality of teaching and learning. Thus no one can deny the importance and the benefits of technology in the classroom more specifically the EFL classroom. The purpose of this study is highlight the main impact of using technology in the EFL classroom as well as the role of the teacher in the process and how he can manage to use it effectively and correctly for the purpose of enhancing the quality of learning. Also this work aims at finding out how both teachers and learners view technology and how they feel about using it. In this research work a case study was made in the Department of English at the University of Tlemcen with 1ST year EFL students and teachers from the staff as a sample population. 25 students and 10 teachers have contributed in this work. The research tools consist of two questionnaires, one for the students and another for the teachers. The findings of this study are meant to improve the EFL teaching and learning via technology. The result of the investigation show that there are many advantages of technology use in the EFL classroom and that both teachers and learners support the idea of using it. Also teachers are aware of the importance of technology as a means of instruction and they favor its use, however they face some obstacles in the process such as the lack of technological materials and training.