Chinese EFL Teachers’ Use of Digital Resources in Doing Research: Its Current Status and Influential Factors

Qi Wang, Ning Zhang and Wulin Ma

SAGE Open, 2023, vol. 13, issue 1, 21582440231153852

Abstract: This paper is designed to explore the current status of Chinese EFL teachers’ use of digital resources in doing research and its influential factors. It classifies digital resources into six types aligned to the research process and uses the revised TAM to find out and explain its influential factors. A total of 180 teachers were investigated via the online questionnaire. The results show the Chinese EFL teachers’ use of six-type resources is at an intermediate low level. Among them, the type of resources for getting data analysis software is most frequently used; The type of resources for managing literature is least frequently used. However, teachers’ intention to use the resources is relatively high. Frequency of doing research, facilitating condition (FC), and perceived ease of use of resources (PEOU) are the direct predictive factors for EFL teachers’ actual use of digital resources (AU). Self-efficacy in using resources, ICT skill, and FC are significant direct predictors of PEOU, and they are indirect predictors of AU.

Keywords: Chinese EFL teachers; use of digital resources; doing research; influential factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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