Abstract:
This study aims to explore the technological gap between teachers and students in English Language education focuses in teaching and learning process, which was viewed at schools in which the digital students prefer staying home than going to schools due to the technological devices that they find at homes more than at schools as well teachers lack the skills of dealing with the technology. To settle these problems a descriptive study was carried out and the results were analyzed and discussed in relation to the hypotheses show the following findings resulted from the study which are : There is a technological gap between teachers and students that affects the teaching process, as well the digital Native generation is interactive with the technology than the previous methods. And also the use of IT adds great values and challenges in the term of learning process. The study focused on three to ten year students at El Manar Kindergarten and Montessori international schools and kindergartens. The study employs descriptive analysis, qualitative and quantitative methods by virtue of a questionnaire and observation which has been used according to the (grounded theory ) as data gathering tools to verify the hypotheses and to find out answers to the questions. The questionnaire was subjected to statistical analysis using the SPSS package program, while the observation was subjected to the grounded theory which has been shown as a report. In the light of results mentioned the research recommends the followings. School teachers should take into account the importance of using IT devices in the teaching process, and then the educational institutions should update their teaching materials to convoy the era.