CALL and the Saudi Arabian EFL Learners: An Action Research

There is a growing consciousness to the need to know English among the Saudi Arabian peoples. This is apparent in the painstaking efforts of the policy makers in bringing in technology as an aid to teachers, institutions diverting huge funding to the field and encouraging research in the area. Learn...

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Published in:Advances in language and literary studies 2017-04, Vol.8 (2), p.122
Main Author: Suleiman Alfallaj, Fahad Saleh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action Research
College Students
Computer Assisted Instruction
Computer assisted language learning
Educational Technology
English (Second Language)
English as a second language instruction
English proficiency
Foreign Countries
Higher education
Language Proficiency
Learning outcomes
Lecture Method
Likert Scales
Questionnaires
Second Language Instruction
Second language teachers
Student Attitudes
Teaching Methods
Technology Uses in Education
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Summary:There is a growing consciousness to the need to know English among the Saudi Arabian peoples. This is apparent in the painstaking efforts of the policy makers in bringing in technology as an aid to teachers, institutions diverting huge funding to the field and encouraging research in the area. Learning outcomes, however, do not reflect these efforts. This study is an effort to zero in on factors that are impeding the expected proficiency of the Saudi EFL learner with special reference to the use of CALL. Having done this, the study makes pertinent recommendations with the larger aim of bringing the EFL learners to level playing ground in the global language scene. It is an Action Research carried out in the course of the researcher’s teaching tenure at Qassim University in KSA. 
ISSN:2203-4714
2203-4714
DOI:10.7575/aiac.alls.v.8n.2p.122