United Arab Emirates University Scholarworks@UAEU Theses Electronic Theses and Dissertations 6-2012 Cycle Three English Language Teachers’ Perceptions of Their ICT Use in Teaching English Language in the UAE. Ali Hussein Haidar Mohammed Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uaeu.ac.ae/all_theses Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons Recommended Citation Haidar Mohammed, Ali Hussein, "Cycle Three English Language Teachers’ Perceptions of Their ICT Use in Teaching English Language in the UAE." (2012). Theses. 193. https://scholarworks.uaeu.ac.ae/all_theses/193 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at Scholarworks@UAEU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses by an authorized administrator of Scholarworks@UAEU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ),ioJl �j-SUI ulJLaYI Ci.sLal? Faculty of nited Arab Emirates University �u Education United Arab Emirates University Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum and Instruction Ma ter of Education Cycle Three Engli h Language Teachers' Perceptions of their ICT Use in Teaching English Langu age in the UAE By Ali Hu ein Haidar Mohammed A Thesis Submitted to United Arab Emirates University For the Degree of Master of Education Curriculum and Instruction: English Language June 2012 CYCLE THREE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR ICT USE IN TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE UAE By Ali Hussein Haidar Mohammed Thesis Approved by: Dr. Abdulrahman Almekhlafi ---------------- ----------- Advisor and Chair = gQ?-tC� Dr. Sadiq Abdulwahed Ismail Member Dr. Najem Aldeen Alshaikh Member June 2012 AB TRACT Thl tud tried to cxarnll1e the perception of yc1e Three English language teachers' (ElT ) of thclr Inti nnatlOn and Communicati e Technology (lCT) use. It places a pecificfo cu on a\\ arene of the u e of technology in Abu Dhabi Education Council schools in the UAE. The tudy \\'a conducted on randomly elected 73 Cycle Three English language teachers� male and fe male. native and nonnative of diffe rent years of e perience in teaching Engli h language. A que tionnaire and ob ervation were adapted from the ationa! Educational Technology tandard fo r Teacher ETS) and Performance Indicators. Re ults were analyzed u ing tatl tical Package fo r the ocial Sciences (SP ), and the constant comparative method of data analysi . The finding suggested that Engbsh language teachers in Cycle Three have low perception of their leT u e. Also there was no significant diffe rence in terms of year of experience in teaching English language. However, native English teachers perceive their reT use slightl uperior to their counterpart of nonnative English teachers. Key �1'Ords: leT Use, Perceptions, lCT, Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Engli h Education, Planning, UAE Schools III Table of ontent ......... ...................................................... b ·tract ............................................................. III Li t of Table .................................................................................................................... I cknowledgement .......................................................................................................... Vll Preface ............................................................................................................................ VIIJ CHAPTER 1. I TRODUCTIO ... ................................................................................................. 1 ...................................... Introduction to the Problem .......................................................... I ......................... Background of the tudy . .......................................................................... 2 tatement of the Problem .................................................................................................... 4 Purpose of the Study ............ ............................................................................................... 5 Re earch Que tion ............................................................................................................. 6 ignificance of the Study .................................................................................................... 6 Definitions of Tenl1 ........................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER II. LITERATURE REVIEW A D THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK .................... 13 Overvie",/........... ............................................................................................................... 13 ICT and the UAE Context.. .................................................... ........................................... 13 lCT and English Language Leaming ................................................................................ 14 The Role of ICT in Teaching ............................................................................................ 16 Teachers' ICT Use ............................................................................................................. 18 Teachers' Attitudes and Perceptions ................................................................................. 26 Theoretical Framework ..................................................................................................... 30 CHAPTER III. METHODOLOGY ................................................................ ....................... ....... 36 ................................ Overview ........................................................................................... 36 Population and Participants.......................... ....................................... .............................. 38 IV ............... Re De ...................................... .............. earch Ign and Procedure . ............ ....... 40 ................................................................. In trument .. ........ ........................... ..... ......... 41 ........................................................ Que tionnalre ............................ ................... 41 ....... ................................................ Ob ervation . ................... ............................... 42 Qualitative Data analy i .......................................... ............................................ 43 Quantitati e Data analy is ..... ............................................ ..... .............................. 44 ... alidity and Reliability . .......... ... ... ........... ............. ....................... .................................. 46 Limitations of the ............................................................. ..................................... tudy . 46 l-lAPTER RE ULT ..................................................... ........................................ ............ IV. 48 ......... Overvie\v . ............... .................................................................................................. 48 Re. ult ............................................................................................................................... 48 Re earch Question 1 ... ..................................... ..... .................. ........................................ 48 Re earch Que tion 2 ...................................... .... .......... ...... ........... ................................ ... S7 Re earch Question 3 ...................... ............ ................ ................................. ...................... S9 CHAPTER V. DISCUSSION, RECOMMENDATIO S AND CO CLUSION ........................ 63 Overvie\v ........................................................................................................................... 63 Di cussion of the Re ults .................................................................................................. 63 Recommondations fo r Further Studie ............................................................... ... ........... 69 Conclusion ......................... .......... .................... ................... .............................. 71 REFERE CES ............................................................................................................................. 73 APPE DICES .... ............... ..................................................... ...................................................... 84 Appendix A ...... ................ ..................................................................................... 84 Appendix B ................................. ........ ................................... ............................... 90 .. ... Appendix C .................. ........ ............. .............. ................................................ 94 ........... Appendix D ..................................................... ........................................... 9S .................. Appendix E ....... ................................................................................ 100 v List of Table Table Page ........................... ............. ......... Table I ....................................................... ............................ .......39 Table 2 ...........................................................................................................................................43 Table 3 ...........................................................................................................................................46 .......