Abstract
In the modern world technology has prevailed and now it is unstoppable to prevail more in the near future. As technology effected in every walk of life so does in education. Therefore, education is continuously transforming in all around the world through electronical resources and with the help of technological gadgets, tools, and other devices, the spread of has become easy enough that even lay men have some sort of comprehension to understand some English. Education is being flourished in well to do countries around the world by implementing computers in their education system. The technological or electronic based tool CALL known Computer Assisted Language Learning is not new in the world but in Pakistan to some extent it is. Even though many local researchers have already done much work dealing CALL and its aspects even then there is a huge vacuum to work on and make educational authorities aware about the end results of integrating technology if applied in our education system particularly in Higher Secondary Education. However, according to education policy 2017 by Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training Government of Pakistan, it is required to include Information Communication Technology to meet the needs of variety of learners through information technology because the explosion of information is increasing a large scale therefore it is needed to get access of knowledge and make learning easy. Moreover, via increasing the access of technology the cost of education could come down and could meet the challenges of illiteracy and poverty. In this connection, the aim of the study is to investigate the perceptions of English teacher about the application and obstacles to the implementation of CALL and the related strategies which may be adopted to inculcate by inspecting the current capacity of the use of Computer Assisted Language Learning in the government colleges of Hyderabad Division. Concerning this, the study was conducted at government Boys and Girls colleges of Hyderabad by collecting data from English teachers through quantitative survey questionnaire. This research work finally analyzes that majority of the teachers are in favor to have change in education and implementing technology sure to be fruitful to bring out the potential of the students. This way learners will be well equipped to survive in the society positively and constructively. Keywords: Computer, Perception, Implementation, Higher Secondary Education, Communication, Technology, Education system, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/11-8-05 Publication date: April 30 th 2021
Highlights
Pakistan falls in the third world, yet she seriously needs a proper focus to develop the professional attitude on learning and teaching
Taking into account the littleness of a strengthened subjected framework about reflections and experiences of teachers on CALL, the core target of this study is to discover the perceptions of the teachers in the regard of using CALL
The first aspect of the questionnaire is to know the teachers’ perception regarding the application of Computer Assisted Language Learning, second aspect is to investigate the hurdles to the implementation of CALL according to the teachers’ perception and lastly to inquire about the strategies to include technological tool for teaching in Higher Secondary Courses
Summary
Pakistan falls in the third world, yet she seriously needs a proper focus to develop the professional attitude on learning and teaching. According to the standard of education in Pakistan, all the major subjects are taught conventionally not using any technology in education ; technology has grown beyond the imagination This advancement in the technology has impacted educating learners of all age groups around the world. In many countries around the world CALL has been in practiced as a tool in the field of teaching since 1960 In this connection, a lot of research work has been done in the world including Pakistan. A lot of research work has been done in the world including Pakistan In those studies, the benefits and limitations, attitudes and insights of students and teachers towards the use of CALL were focused in depths. Irshad and Mamuna (2011) find in their study that there is a debate on the hypothesis of CALL benefits and related idea that the pedagogy of ESL in Pakistan in terms of infrastructure, computer hardware and software still there is an evolution
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