Students’ Attitudes Towards The Use Of Smartphone In Developing Writing Skills In Efl Classes: A Case Of Master One Didactics Students At Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi University Of B.b.a

Résumé: I ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First of all, all thanks and gratitude are owed to Allah, Lord of the world who guided and helped us to accomplish this modest work. From the first step of this research to the last draft, our warm gratitude goes to our supervisor Dr. Senoussi Mohammed for his guidance, support and wise words of encouragement from the very beginning and throughout the development of the thesis. In particular, he was our inspiration and motivation for continuing this work. He was always providing us with enough guidance, because without his thoughtful comment, advice, support and patience, this work would have never been completed. We should also express our thanks to the members of the jury who have accepted to read and evaluate the present work. Finally, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to master one didactics students of the English department of the academic year 2022/2023 for their patience, participation and help for all what they offer us, we are truly grateful. Mekideche Insaf & Rouabah AyaIV ABSTRACT Nowadays, information and communication technology have to play an important role in both learning and teaching. In this regard, smartphone technology has advanced significantly enough to be used as an educational tool, particularly when it comes to developing writing skills. It has indeed emerged to handle educational application and to encourage students to be more motivated and foster their acquisition of the written learning experience. Based on the aforementioned arguments, the present research aims at investigating students’ attitudes on the impact of using smartphone technology in improving writing skills, at Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi University of B.B.A. The sample of this study consists of thirty EFL master one students from the English department, at B.B.A University. The researchers rely on one method, using a questionnaire. The study examines the students’ attitudes and perceptions towards the use of smartphones in EFL classroom. The findings obtained from the data collection tool show that the majority of students have positive attitudes towards the use of smartphone technology in improving their writing skills. In view of reinforcing a wider use of such a technology in different situations, some suggestions and recommendations are put forward

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