Implementation of CALL in the EFL classroom : teachers' perspective and attitudes in developing CALL-based classroom

Abstract

This dissertation illustrates about what teachers perspectives and attitudes towards implementation of CALL in EFL classroom of the English medium and Bangla medium secondary schools of Bangladesh. By investigating from the perspectives from the teachers, this research exposes the positive and negative sides of implementation of CALL from the teachers’ point of view. In the first chapter the researcher illustrates few items including problem statement, purpose of the study, central research question, significance of the study, delimitation and limitation. In each part, many things are came out regarding implementation of CALL. The next chapter is focused on some secondary data and collected from journals, books, academic library, scholar journal in where some researchers’ study are paraphrased by the researcher. This chapter contains some segments such as significance of using computer based classroom, teachers’attitude toward CALL, an interactive CALL classroom, a skilled teacher in CALL classroom, negative attitudes toward implementation of CALL, initiatives for the implementation of CALL, teachers’ training and education system in Bangladesh. In this chapter, the focal part is researchers’ view of CALL regarding each subtitle. The researchers’ have given idea from their study and analysis. Then, The research methodology which is chapter three includes the research design, theoretical framework, sampling, setting, instrumentation, data collection procedures, data analysis procedure and obstacles encountered provide the practical context of the research. This research data is collected from the teachers’ interview. It explains how the researcher collected data from different schools.

After that, the next chapter is analyzed teachers’ responses with individual interpretation, comparison between the English medium and Bangla medium schools and on the basis of the research questions. It portrays teachers’ suggestions and views for the implementing CALL in the EFL classroom. The chapter contains some parts which are overall teachers’ responses on the basis of interview questions, analysis of the central research questions and teachers suggestions. These things are basically the main part of the research where the result has been found by the researcher. In conclusion part, summary of the findings, contribution of the research, recommendations, practical implications and further studies are provided. Recommendations and practical implication show some ways for implementing CALL in future. To sum up, collaboration among teachers, school authority, education board and the government support are needed to implement CALL in Bangladesh for utilizing effective teaching and learning practices.