The Impact Of Using Computer in developing EFL Students In Secondary Schools

Abstract

The shortage of using computers as a teaching aid has a negative impact on EFL learners’ secondary schools. This paper aims at investigating the impact of using computer in developing EFL students in secondary schools. To achieve the goals of the study, a questionnaire was distributed to the subject groups. The questionnaire consists of two parts. The first part includes six items. They are personal information questions. The second one consists of seven items concerning with students’ attitudes toward the using of computer in learning English as a foreign language. The population of this study was a number of EFL students at Almnarh secondary schools. They were 100 students, divided into 50 males ( 25 from 1st Grade and 25 from 3rd grade ) and 50 females ( 25 from 1st grade and 25 from 3rd grade ). All of these informants were native speakers of Arabic language. The findings of this study reveals that computer-assisted English language have positive effects in learning English language. Meanwhile, it was found that older students are more likely to have a positive orientation and consciousness of the benefits of using computers in learning English language.