ELT Teachers’ Role Within E-Learning and Communicative Teaching from Students’ Perceptions

Jie Xie,Genlin Zhang

doi:10.4236/ce.2012.37b041

Abstract

The present thesis aims to empirically determine the effects of technology, specifically the integration of e-learning within English language teaching, on students’ perception of teachers’ role. Participants were divided into experimental (e-learning) E-group and controlled (traditional) T-group. SPSS was used to analyze the data collected. The results show that, in both groups, students’ perceptions of the teachers’ role remain positive form the beginning of the term to the end. Such findings reveal that the role of ELT teachers within e-learning is analogous to an interactive teacher of the earlier conventions, a multifaceted one with strategy-oriented tasks ranging from Facilitation, Advising, Conducting experiments, Engineering activities, to Supporting divergent learning styles, pathways and creative productions (FACES). However, in the aspects of giving advice, offering educational and technological support and engineering various activities, e-learning group of students holds more positive attitude than the traditional group.

Highlights

The influence of technology in education is a widespread phenomenon
Aiming to explore the English teachers’ role within e-learning, the present study examines the perception of both the controlled traditional group (T-group) and the experimental e-learning group (E-group) during a period of 5 months
At the end of study, data reveal that means of all actions for both e-learning group and traditional group are above 3, namely all the students still perceive teachers’ performance positively

Summary

Introduction

Within English Language Teaching, the rapid development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) prompts changes in the ways and methods of teaching and preparing students for continuous learning and effective use of the language to communication with people from various parts of the globe. With the promotion of technological development, researches into constructivism have had an enormous influence on the study of English teaching. According to the constructivist theory, teachers should help students create knowledge by every means instead of imparting knowledge to them. It is very significant for us teachers to determine the role of college English teachers and its function so that we can improve students’ English achievements and their learning ability

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