Teaching Pronunciation of English with Computer Technology: A Qualitative Study

This study investigated teachers’ views toward computer technology inteaching English pronunciation. In order to select teachers for the semistructuredinterview, the researcher used a questionnaire and distributed it to25 teachers from two Islamic Azad Universities of Guilan, Iran. Theresearcher chose 15 of them based on their answers to the questionnaire.Then a qualitative method design was used. It consisted of semi-structuredinterview questions with a sample of 15 teachers chosen from two AzadUniversities. Data were collected and analyzed. Qualitative data wereanalyzed according to the process of reducing data, constructing theme, anddrawing conclusions from the data. The findings showed teachers’ interestin using computer technology because it provided them with enjoyable andinteractive environment, helped them obtain accurate pronunciation, andimproved the quality of their pronunciation instruction. The findings alsorevealed that using computer technology raised teachers’ confidence andmotivation toward it because it had a high potential that changed theirinstruction. Moreover, the findings indicated that teachers had enoughknowledge of computer technology that helped them teach pronunciationeffectively. In addition, the findings represented that using computertechnology was not a threat to the traditional methods but it brought aboutbetter results than these methods.

کلیدواژه ها:

teaching pronunciation ، computer technology ، teachers’ views