Teachers’ Perceptions of Computer Use to Enhance EFL Students’ Writing Skill

Abstract

This study aims at investigating teachers’ perceptions of computer use in EFL classrooms in general, and more specifically its use in developing the students’ writing skill. A descriptive study was conducted where data was gathered through a questionnaire to teachers at the Department of English, at Laghouat University during the first semester of the academic year 2017-2018. The sample of this study consisted of a number of 12 teachers among them 5 written expression teachers while the remaining teachers have had an experience in teaching written expression in the past few years. The two hypotheses set to this study are: the use of computers, or some computer software, may help in overcoming the students’ writing difficulties at the different levels, i.e., sentence, paragraph, and the essay levels. The second hypothesis is that most teachers have positive attitudes towards using computer in the FL classroom. The findings of this study revealed that computer and  computer software can help in enhancing EFL students’ writing skill and that teachers do welcome its integration into their classes.