Changing Mindsets in the Info-Tech Enabled EFL Classroom

Noureddine Azmi

Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013, vol. 2

Abstract: The present study investigates the impact of Info-Tech and the Internet in particular- on students’ transformation of mindsetschanging assumptions and attitudes in the English language classroom. It gives an overview of perspective transformation in English language teaching through reviewing literature, critically analysing potential benefits of the use of Info-Tech –enabled transformative teaching in the language classroom; then moves to examine, through the use of an interpretive quantitative study, the impact of Info-Tech -enabled English language teaching on students’ change and revision of mindsets. According to the findings, Info-Tech -enabled English language teaching environment enhances students’ critical thinking skills, allows them to examine different meanings attributed to previous events and experiences and broadens their minds to include other cultural practices and values

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n2p223

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