Iranian EFL Teachers’ Digital Literacy in Academic Settings: Teacher Professionalism in the Digital Age

Document Type : research article

Author

Imam Khomeini International University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of English Language

Abstract

Over the past few years, sophisticated types of digital technology, the literacy of which may help language teachers deliver instruction to language learners more effectively, have made consistent inroads into applied linguistics. The overriding goal of the present study, therefore, was to examine not only digital literacy of Iranian EFL teachers but also the effects of gender, teaching experience, and academic degree on their digital literacy. To that end, 239 language teachers in different cities across three academic degrees in Iran completed an adapted version of Ng’s (2012) digital literacy model. SPSS (version 21) was used to analyse the data. The results revealed (1) language teachers’ moderate levels of digital literacy, (2) no statistically significant difference between gender and teaching experience in language teachers’ digital literacy, and (3) a statistically significant difference between language teachers’ academic degree and digital literacy. The implications of the findings for teacher development and education are discussed.

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