Attitudes towards the Use of Multimedia Technology in Motivating EFL Students Case of 2nd Year English Learners at the University of Tlemcen

Abstract

In an era of technological instruments for communication, a digital world has come into appearance. University as one of the contexts of knowledge production and skills performance, it sounds as an interesting area where teachers and students alike seem to be engaged in a number of activities where digital technologies form a powerful teaching and learning support. From this view point, one may advocate the idea that the implementation of multimedia technology has become of great necessity in the teaching and learning process since learners seem to be highly motivated and engaged. Teachers should think about effective new ways to create better foreign-language teaching or learning milieus that are supported by multimedia technologies. Learners are expected to be more motivated in a technology-based lesson where using technology seems to be a promising paradigm that enhances students’ engagement, interest and motivation and that could be in harmony with the way this new generation acquire and perceive. This work tries to prove the efficiency of using multimedia technology in motivating EFL learners at the level of the department of English at the University of Tlemcen .Two research tools are used: interview for teachers and questionnaire for second year students to discover their attitudes towards the effectiveness of using different multimedia technologies for motivating EFL learners. The collected data are analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The practical outcome of the study provides an analysis of data collected and discussion of the main results with some suggestions and recommendations that help in achieving a successful implementation of multimedia technologies in order to provide a motivating atmosphere for both teachers and learners.