Using Technology and English in the 21st Century: A Study of Preservice Teachers

• In Event: Enhancing Teacher Efficacy Through Program and Instructional Reform

Abstract

Situated in the current context of globalization featuring the importance of technology and English literacies worldwide, this study aims to understand the ways pre-service teachers in the non-English-speaking country of Taiwan use technology and English in their daily lives. The global diffusion of technology and English has made these two tools essential for full social participation in the 21st century. However, the new generation of pre-service teachers, who grew up with new technological development and compulsory English learning in school, may nevertheless lack sufficient abilities to use technology and English for meaningful purposes. From a sociocultural perspective, this study explores what one does with technology/English rather than what digital and English properties that one has as prior research did.

Author

• Yung-Hui Chien, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor