Attitudes of Foreign Language Teaching Students and Teachers about Interactive Whiteboards

Year 2017, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 221 - 226, 01.12.2017

Neşet Mutlu

Abstract

In this study, researcher tried to understand
Foreign Language Teaching (English Language Teaching – ELT, and German Language
Teaching – GLT) students’ and teachers’ attitudes on interactive whiteboard
(IWB) that they would use in foreign language teaching. A descriptive study was
selected by using survey method. In this respect, data were gathered from 210
ELT and GLT students and 8 teachers from these two language teaching
departments in Erciyes University. Two questionnaires prepared by Manny-Ikan,
Tikochinski, Zorman and Dagan (2011) were administered to understand attitudes
of students and teachers: Teacher Attitudes Questionnaire (TAQ) and Students
Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ). According to results; students mostly see
learning via the IWB is enjoyable, easier, understandable, favourable, and
interesting. Moreover, teachers mostly expressed that instruction with IWB is
more enjoyable, brings more workload, allows better access to up-to-date
learning materials, and contributes teachers’ professional development.

Keywords

interactive white boards, attitude, foreign language teaching

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