Computers In Teaching English language At grade eight of the basic level students in Khartoum

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine whether and how the use of computers inside classrooms might facilitate the information acquisition of the students at grade eight in the basic stage and to see how the presence of computers in English classrooms might affect the whole process of teaching and learning. Questionnaires from more than 150 English teachers located in 30 basic level schools in Khartoum, Khartoum north and Omdurman were collected to provide the back ground information about teacher's attitude towards technology use in teaching English. Classroom observation model was designed and used to track how more than 200 students interacted and worked together in (CBI) computer based instruction laboratories in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The relationship between the frequency of computer use and indicators of information acquisition were investigated using statistics of T.test based on SPSS program to situate the relationship between the control and experimental group. 11 research questions were asked and analyzed using SPSS program, all tables and figures were set through the mentioned program. The importance of this study depends on the suggested manual through which we can bridge the broad gap between our schools and technology, in fact this gap left our students isolated from essential learning techniques and resources, more over we can save effort , money and time when we teach through computers . Results and recommendations were put in chapter six.