Jordanian EFL Students' Attitudes toward Using World Wide Web Net and Its’ Effect on their Linguistic Proficiency

Abeer Al-Ghazo

doi:10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.7n.2p.82

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the attitudes of Jordanian EFL learners toward using the World Wide Web net for language learning proficiency. Another aim of this study was to explore whether there was any significant difference between males and females’ attitudes toward using it. 40 EFL learners (19 male and 21 female) studying English at Ajloun National University (ANU) in the first semester of the academic year 2016/2017 participated in the study. The researcher used an attitudinal questionnaire toward using WWW as an instrument. After collecting the data, SPSS software (version 20) was used to get the numerical interpretable information. An independent-sample T-test was used to compare the results of the control and experimental groups. The results revealed that most of the participants in the study showed positive attitudes about the importance of using the World Wide Web net to develop their linguistic proficiency in the four language skills. Moreover, the results of T-test showed that there was no difference between female and male learners’ attitudes toward the use of the internet for developing their language proficiency.

Highlights

Language teaching and language learning are essential paradigms in the field of education which look at language as a vital mean of communication
This study aimed to investigate the attitudes of Jordanian EFL learners toward using the World Wide Web net for language learning proficiency
The results revealed that most of the participants in the study showed positive attitudes about the importance of using the World Wide Web net to develop their linguistic proficiency in the four language skills

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Language teaching and language learning are essential paradigms in the field of education which look at language as a vital mean of communication. It promotes learners to acquire knowledge and skills; expresses their own opinions and ideas about different topics in their life, sends and receive messages effectively, encourages a real language proficiency instead of just learning set of grammatical rules or acquiring vocabulary; arrange field trips and interpersonal approaches; and takes into account many variables relating to the nature of the learner, and the learning and teaching process, Raimes (1983). World Wide Web net has the great chance to play an important role in each of these fields and areas. Many studies focus on the importance and effectiveness of the using worldwide web (WWW) on EFL students’ language proficiency. In any classroom learning practices, EFL students vary in cognitive and emotional factors that have a very close relationship with their practices and performance such as motivation, perceptions, attitudes, self-efficiency, learning style, and their levels of proficiency

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