TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Study of Relationship Between EFL Teacher’s Teaching Context and Their
Attitudes Towards Computer Assisted Language Learning
AU - Shahlou, Parisa AU - Izadpanah, Siros 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 29
SP  - 7018
EP  - 7024
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.7018.7024
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.7018.7024
KW  - information and communications technology
KW  -educational technology
KW  -Attitude
KW  -teaching context
KW  -Iran
AB  - The purpose of the present study was to investigate the bond between EFL teacher’s perceptions
towards the use of computers in EFL context with respect to their teaching profiles (gender, teaching experience
and teaching context). To this end, 20 EFL teachers who followed their teaching career in Miyaneh Jahad-e
Daneshgahi Language Center were chosen as the sample size. Loyed and Gressard’s Computer Attitude Scale
was employed as the main instrument for data collection and the reliability was estimated as 0.83 using
Cronbach alpha coefficient. To analyze the data, Spearman correlation coefficient (determined by
Kolmogorov-Smirnov test) was used. The results indicated that that there was an association between teaching
context and EFL teacher’s attitudes towards the integration of computers in foreign language learning context.
In addition, it was reported that there was a linkage between teaching experience and EFL teacher’s attitudes
towards the use of computers in foreign language learning context. Ultimately, it was found that there was a
bond between gender and EFL teacher’s attitudes towards the integration of computers. Furthermore,
Mann-Whitney test was employed to determine which gender had a stronger attitude towards the use of
computers and it was found through the use of this test that male teachers had much more positive attitude
towards the use of technology when compared to female teachers.
ER  -