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Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 9(1), pp. 116 - 128
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090113
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Attitudes of EFL Teachers towards Using Smartphones in the Classroom during COVID-19 Pandemic
Khaled A. Dweikat 1,*, Hanan A. Hasan 2
1 Faculty of Educational Sciences, Al-Quds Open University, Nablus, Palestine
2 Ministry of Education, Jenin Directorate of Education, Palestine
ABSTRACT
Literature on smartphone technology indicates that smartphones nowadays are almost accessible to everyone with a high percentage even in the least developing countries like Palestine. This accessibility might be due to the various applications, functions and features of the new generations of the smartphones. Hence, the current study aimed to investigate the attitudes of EFL teachers towards using smartphones in the classroom among Palestinian secondary students during COVID-19 pandemic. The study also aimed to find the influence of teachers' gender, years of experience, qualification and the grades the teachers teach on their attitudes. To achieve the objectives of the study, 58 male and female EFL teachers were surveyed through a five-point scale questionnaire and a focus group using Zoom. Results revealed that the attitudes of EFL teachers were moderately positive and that there were no statistically significant differences between the teachers' attitudes due to teachers' gender, years of experience, qualification and the grades the teachers teach. These results shed some light on the readiness of Palestinian EFL teachers to update their methods of teaching and to cope with the ongoing challenges imposed by Coronavirus pandemic.
KEYWORDS
Attitudes, Smartphones, EFL Teachers, Mall, COVID-19 Pandemic
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Khaled A. Dweikat , Hanan A. Hasan , "Attitudes of EFL Teachers towards Using Smartphones in the Classroom during COVID-19 Pandemic," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 116 - 128, 2021. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090113.
(b). APA Format:
Khaled A. Dweikat , Hanan A. Hasan (2021). Attitudes of EFL Teachers towards Using Smartphones in the Classroom during COVID-19 Pandemic. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 9(1), 116 - 128. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090113.