Use of E-resources for professional development by secondary level English language teachers

Abstract

This research entitled "Use of e-Resources for Professional Development by Secondary Level English Language Teachers" aims to identify the practices of secondary level English teacher towards the use of e-resources for professional development. The present study was based on survey research design. For this purpose, thirty different schools were selected through purposive sampling procedure. Data were collected using a set of questionnaires consisting of both close ended and open-ended questions which was used as a tool for collecting data. The collected data were analyzed statistically and descriptively. From the study, it was found that teachers themselves as highly motivated to apply new method and techniques in practices of e-resources for professional development. This research showed that e-resources are essential for teacher professional development. Teachers used internet as a resources tool, to improve their language skills and aspect to update themselves with the new knowledge in the field of ELT with the change of time and most importantly, they said that the improvement in their professions as well. The majority of the respondents (i.e.72.8%) were aware and they strongly agreed with the fact that teacher's knowledge of e-resources is very important in English language classroom. The majority of respondents (i.e. 94.45%) are accessed to the internet.Majority of the teacher are agreed that there are number of benefits of using internet for teacher’s professional development. The majority of the secondary level English Language teachers of Itahari Sub Metropolitan have been using e-resources to increase their knowledge to update themselves with the concurrent changes and innovations in ELT, to improve all skills & aspects regarding English for their professional or not. This study entitled ‘Use of e-resources for professional development by secondary level English Language teachers’ was conducted. This study comprises five chapters. The first chapter presents the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, de-limitations of the study, operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter consists of review of related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, implication of the review for the study and conceptual framework of the research. Likewise, the third chapter deals with the methods and procedures of the study. It includes research design, population, sample and sampling strategy, data collection tools, data collection procedures, Methods of analysis of data and ethical consideration. Similarly, the fourth chapter consists of results and discussions. Fifth chapter consists of conclusion and recommendations. Overall discussion is followed by references and appendices.