Items Mean SD Attitude Computers and computer-based technology are helpful for English teaching. 4.08 0.288 CALL is necessary at CITD for distance education 4.33 0.651 Experience Introducing the CD and instructing
students how to use it.
2.66
0.492
Counseling on some CDs available to
take as extra materials.
2.41
0.668
Encourage students to access the
Internet
for
English
learning
resources.
2.38
0.389
Encouraging students to use email
or Forum for group discussion.
2.25
0.753
Understanding of CALL Understanding of CALL
2.36
0.389
Table 1: The teachers’ attitudes toward and their experience in
CAI
The teachers reported that they had obstacles to deal with. They have not been trained
for CAI and consequently, know little about the technology. The responses to the survey
for teachers indicated that all teachers had little intention to use computers in teaching
partly because they lacked knowledge and experience in this field. The lack of training
also led them to the tendency to complete the program on the time allocated by the
management rather than to attempt to use computer assisted instruction, even though
they were aware of its benefits. Importantly, they admitted that they did not know much
about CALL, so they refused to take part in more discussion on this field.
In order to support the survey data from the teachers, another survey which aimed to
investigate students’ attitude and use of CALL was also carried out. The similar responses
from the students supported the data from the teachers’ survey. The data analyses of
this section indicated that the students spent little time on and put little effort into CALL
activities though they own positive attitudes toward CALL. This raised the question of
what difficulties hinder students’ CALL. In the attempt of finding the answer for the
question, it was revealed from the data that students lacke
d teacher’s instruction on how
to utilize the CD, the Internet or email for English learning which discouraged them from
using CALL activities. This resulted from the fact that students were not involved in CALL
though they would have liked to use it. In other words, students were unconcerned about
the use of computers in their English study because they lacked the guide to use it (see
table 2).