Exploring the relationships between EFL learners’ usage of technology and their approaches to learning English

Ching Fang Juan; Hsin I. She; Chia Yin Hung; Silvia Wen Yu Lee; Jyh Chong Liang; Kuo En Chang; Chin Chung Tsai

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-99737-7_44

Exploring the relationships between EFL learners’ usage of technology and their approaches to learning English

Ching Fang Juan^*, Hsin I. She, Chia Yin Hung, Silvia Wen Yu Lee, Jyh Chong Liang, Kuo En Chang, Chin Chung Tsai

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Objective: Nowadays, technology plays an important role in learning; hence, it is important to explore the relationships between EFL learners’ usage of technology and their approaches to learning English. Method: This study involved 186 English department undergraduates in Taiwan and utilized two questionnaires to respectively survey EFL learners’ usage of technology and their approaches to learning English. In particular, the approaches to learning English survey used in this study is a newly designed questionnaire which includes eight factors: Intrinsic Interest, Commitment to Work, Relating Ideas, Understanding, Fear of Failure, Aim for Qualification, Minimizing Scope of Study, and Memorization. Results and findings: Exploratory factor analysis revealed adequate validity of the new questionnaire. The regression analyses indicated that EFL learners’ approaches to learning English were associated with their technology usage for learning English such as recommendation, usefulness, and ease of use. Discussion: This study will contribute to our understanding of EFL learners using technology for learning in the future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Innovative Technologies and Learning - First International Conference, ICITL 2018, Proceedings
Editors	Lin Lin, Ting-Ting Wu, Yueh-Min Huang, Yueh-Min Huang, Andreja Istenic Starcic, Rustam Shadieva
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	412-420
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783319997360
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99737-7_44
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	1st International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning, ICITL 2018 - Portoroz, Slovenia Duration: 2018 Aug 27 → 2018 Aug 30

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11003 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	1st International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning, ICITL 2018
Country/Territory	Slovenia
City	Portoroz
Period	2018/08/27 → 2018/08/30

Keywords

Approaches to learning English
EFL learners
Technology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Juan, C. F., She, H. I., Hung, C. Y., Lee, S. W. Y., Liang, J. C., Chang, K. E., & Tsai, C. C. (2018). Exploring the relationships between EFL learners’ usage of technology and their approaches to learning English. In L. Lin, T.-T. Wu, Y.-M. Huang, Y.-M. Huang, A. I. Starcic, & R. Shadieva (Eds.), Innovative Technologies and Learning - First International Conference, ICITL 2018, Proceedings (pp. 412-420). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11003 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99737-7_44

Exploring the relationships between EFL learners’ usage of technology and their approaches to learning English. / Juan, Ching Fang; She, Hsin I.; Hung, Chia Yin et al.
Innovative Technologies and Learning - First International Conference, ICITL 2018, Proceedings. ed. / Lin Lin; Ting-Ting Wu; Yueh-Min Huang; Yueh-Min Huang; Andreja Istenic Starcic; Rustam Shadieva. Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 412-420 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11003 LNCS).

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Juan, CF, She, HI, Hung, CY, Lee, SWY , Liang, JC , Chang, KE & Tsai, CC 2018, Exploring the relationships between EFL learners’ usage of technology and their approaches to learning English. in L Lin, T-T Wu, Y-M Huang, Y-M Huang, AI Starcic & R Shadieva (eds), Innovative Technologies and Learning - First International Conference, ICITL 2018, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11003 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 412-420, 1st International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning, ICITL 2018, Portoroz, Slovenia, 2018/08/27. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99737-7_44

Juan CF, She HI, Hung CY, Lee SWY , Liang JC , Chang KE et al. Exploring the relationships between EFL learners’ usage of technology and their approaches to learning English. In Lin L, Wu TT, Huang YM, Huang YM, Starcic AI, Shadieva R, editors, Innovative Technologies and Learning - First International Conference, ICITL 2018, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2018. p. 412-420. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-99737-7_44

Juan, Ching Fang ; She, Hsin I. ; Hung, Chia Yin et al. / Exploring the relationships between EFL learners’ usage of technology and their approaches to learning English. Innovative Technologies and Learning - First International Conference, ICITL 2018, Proceedings. editor / Lin Lin ; Ting-Ting Wu ; Yueh-Min Huang ; Yueh-Min Huang ; Andreja Istenic Starcic ; Rustam Shadieva. Springer Verlag, 2018. pp. 412-420 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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