Algerian teachers' attitudes towards the use of information communication technologies in English for academic purposes teaching

Abstract EN

In the light of globalization which has been accelerated by technological advancement that revolutionized most domains including education in general and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in particular.

The current investigation seeks to determine the Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) which are mostly preferred by the teachers of EAP in Algeria.

Hence, the research endeavours to reveal the attitudes of EAP teachers towards the most efficacious ICT tools in teaching EAP.

The researcher implements the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in order to demonstrate the perceived ease of use and the perceived usefulness of ICTs among EAP teachers.

The foundations of the study have been laid upon an exploratory case study which includes a sample of twelve teachers and ninety students from three departments: Industrial Engineering (IE), Computer science (CS) and Finance.

The investigator used two research instruments: questionnaires with teachers and students and classroom observations.

The findings demonstrated that most teachers have positive perceived usefulness of ICTs.

Yet, they have a negative perceived ease of ICTs' usage without its basic conditions of the teaching context.