The Attitudes of Algerian Pupils towards the Implementation of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in EFL Classroom

Abstract

The present dissertation is intended to investigate the implementation of computer technology in EFL Algerian high schools. Furthermore, it sheds light on the pupils' attitudes towards the use of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). This study focuses on increasing the learners’ autonomy to learn the English language. The study consists of three chapters. The first one is devoted to the introduction of CALL conceptions. The second one deals with analyzing data and the last one with presenting the findings and discussions. A quantitative data was collected through questionnaires distributed to sixty (60) pupils in the Algerian high schools of Ould Kablia Saliha and Ben Zaza Mustapha in the city of Mostaganem, and a qualitative data was gathered through interviewing teachers by asking them ten (10) open questions; it was designed to determine the teachers’ attitude towards the application of CALL within the teaching process.