Abstract: The current study aims at investigating the implementation of modern technology at Jazan University, KSA to enhance EFL learners' listening and speaking skills. This study is significant because it might help in integrating technology in the university education system to promote listening and speaking skills to affluent level. The participant were 100 English Language staff members who were asked to show their perspectives on the suitable technological tools to be used in developing students listening and speaking skills. Then 10 teachers were observed to examine the degree of using technology in teaching listening and speaking skills. Moreover, 100 students were asked to show how frequency do they use technology to learn listening and speaking skills. All the participants’ responses were taken into account, Some significant findings are drawn: Jazan university English language Staff members consider CALL as a an effective tool for e-learning, such as internet, VLC, and different learning websites. In addition to this, they believe that CALL tools such as, recorder/gramophone and mobile digital devices like laptops, iPods facilitate learning English language listening and speaking skills in many ways. Moreover, they think that CALL tools such as laps, computer software programs and language games can be used to teach and learn listening and speaking skills to a fluent level. The findings also show that students 'rarely' or ‘never’ use CALL and MALL technology in learning listening and speaking skills, except of a few items. From the result obtained in the above table, it seems that the students ‘never’ use technology such as Virtual Learning Class (VLC), "Social Media Online Discussion Groups", and Mobile Apps, in English listening and speaking. However, it seems that technological items such as, "surfing internet" to access language learning websites, "Media Lectures (ML)", "YouTube' videos to learn English language listening and speaking skills were sometimes used by them. Therefore, it is possible to say that the students were inclined towards the using technology they do not tend to develop their communicative competences.
Keywords: CALL: Computer Assessing Language Learning, MALL: Mobile Assessing Language Learning, VLC: Virtual Learning Class, EFL: English as a Foreign Language, ML: Media Lectures.
Title: The Use of Modern Technology to Enhance EFL Learners' Listening and Speaking Skills
Author: Tamador Mohamed Abdalrahman Hmed Al Neel
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