Iranian English Institutes Teachers’ Perception about Skyroom Applications

The COVID-۱۹ pandemic has caused many changes in the educational structure of Academic institutions, so much so that the educational systems tend to use online education. The purpose of this study was to find Language institutes EFL teachers’ perceptions on Skyroom application in the context of teaching English as a foreign language. Skyroom, is an Iranian software platform used in educational institutes. Some researchers conducted before have viewed that positive perceptions played a significant role in the adoption of new technologies, this paper aims to investigate teachers’ perceptions of Skyroom Iranian software platform in the context of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). To gather data, ۳۲ EFL English institute teachers from Yazd in Iran were surveyed and interviewed about their perceptions of the platform's use. The results from the data analyzation revealed that EFL teachers have positive perceptions of Skyroom applications to English language teaching. Most teachers view software as a structured e-learning platform that helps improve the teacher-student relationship in a course and aids to make teaching English more successful.

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CALL ، Language Learning ، Language teaching ، Skyroom ، Teachers’ perceptions