This article is about the students' attitudes towards computer assisted
language learning. Its purpose is to identify and examine the students'
attitudes towards CALL. It is conducted by four researchers in Malaysia:
Afshari, Ghavifekr, Siraj, and Jing.
This article shows the
relationships among four variables: subjective norm (SN), perceived usefulness
(PU), perceived ease of use (PEU), and attitudes toward CALL. Data was
collected from 100 students at the
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics at University of Malaya. The researchers
distributed a questionnaire among students. Participants from different fields
completed the questionnaire.
The results indicate that
students' PU and PEU were factors of their attitudes towards CALL. Both
variables (PU and PEU) had a direct and significant effect on students'
attitudes towards CALL. They indicated that as students' perceptions of
computer improve, their attitudes will be enhanced as well. SN can be a
determinant of students' attitudes towards CALL. SN had a direct and indirect
effect on students' attitudes towards CALL.
Finally, the researchers present
three suggestions:
▪ Training should be provided for learners to learn
the computer skills and the positive attitude.
▪Computer lab and language lab should be opened to
students.
▪Lecturers should be encouraged to integrate more
computer technology into their teaching and curriculum design.
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Reference:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813038524
