Chinese EFL Teachers' Use of Digital Resources in Doing Research: Its Current Status and Influential Factors

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Qi; Zhang, Ning; Ma, Wulin
Titel	Chinese EFL Teachers' Use of Digital Resources in Doing Research: Its Current Status and Influential Factors
Quelle	In: SAGE Open, 13 (2023) 1, (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wang, Qi) ORCID (Ma, Wulin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1177/21582440231153852
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; Teaching Methods; Technology Uses in Education; Teacher Attitudes; Predictor Variables; Self Efficacy; Foreign Countries; Usability; Educational Resources; Action Research; Computer Software; Computer Mediated Communication; Academic Language; Writing (Composition); Databases; Teacher Collaboration; Social Networks; Models; Preservice Teachers; Student Attitudes; Online Searching; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Lehrerverhalten; Prädiktor; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausland; Bildungsmittel; Projektforschung; Computerkonferenz; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Schreibübung; Datenbank; Lehrerkooperation; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Analogiemodell; Schülerverhalten; Online-Recherche
Abstract	This paper is designed to explore the current status of Chinese EFL teachers' use of digital resources in doing research and its influential factors. It classifies digital resources into six types aligned to the research process and uses the revised TAM to find out and explain its influential factors. A total of 180 teachers were investigated via the online questionnaire. The results show the Chinese EFL teachers' use of six-type resources is at an intermediate low level. Among them, the type of resources for getting data analysis software is most frequently used; the type of resources for managing literature is least frequently used. However, teachers' intention to use the resources is relatively high. Frequency of doing research, facilitating condition (FC), and perceived ease of use of resources (PEOU) are the direct predictive factors for EFL teachers' actual use of digital resources (AU). Self-efficacy in using resources, ICT skill, and FC are significant direct predictors of PEOU, and they are indirect predictors of AU. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01