Students' and teachers' attitudes towards the use of computer-mediated communication voice & text chat as an instructional resource to improve speaking skill

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buir.advisorRodgers, Theodore S.
dc.contributor.authorAykaç, Müzeyyen
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-01T11:02:44Z
dc.date.available2016-07-01T11:02:44Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.departmentM.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Languageen_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of article.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study explored teacher and student attitudes towards use of computer mediated communication (CMC) in support of teaching speaking skills. Data were collected through the questionnaires distributed to 20 Tourism students and 60 English instructors at Muğla University and through interviews conducted with 12 CMC-experienced international EFL instructors. The questionnaire for students investigated students’ feelings about the four L2 skills generally, their computer use and their opinions about use of voice-text chat for developing speaking skills. The questionnaire for Mugla English instructors aimed to discover their personal background, computer background, attitudes about use of communication technology for teaching L2 and potential problems that they foresaw in using voice & text chat in their EFL instruction. The interviews with CMC-experienced international EFL teachers aimed to explore international English instructors’ perceptions about teaching speaking skills, use of voice chat as an instructional source for speaking instruction, and instructional advantages and disadvantages of voice chat. Findings gathered from students’ questionnaires revealed that students perceived speaking as the most important skill but had problems with both speaking itself and classes in speaking. Both sets of EFL teachers and students were positive in support of use of CMC in support of speaking instruction, although teacher responses indicated anticipation of some problems – fit to the curriculum, computer access, finding appropriate international partners – in implementing classroom CMC. All respondents indicated the need for appropriate training and administrative support to make the implementation of voice and text chat successful in the Tourism Department at Muğla University.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAykaç, Müzeyyenen_US
dc.format.extentxiv, 141 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.itemidBILKUTUPB092826
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/29651
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectCMCen_US
dc.subjectCALLen_US
dc.subjectCLTen_US
dc.subject-CMC teachersen_US
dc.subject+CMC teachersen_US
dc.subjectAsynchronous communicationen_US
dc.subjectSynchronous communicationen_US
dc.subjectChat Groupen_US
dc.subjectWebheads and Tapped Inen_US
dc.subject.lccPE1068.T8 A94 2005en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language Study and teaching (Higher) Turkish speakers.en_US
dc.titleStudents' and teachers' attitudes towards the use of computer-mediated communication voice & text chat as an instructional resource to improve speaking skillen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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