Investigating the Effects of Audio-Visual Aids on EFL Teachers’ and Students’ Motivation at Abu-Isa Faculty of Education, University of Zawia, Libya
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https://doi.org/10.65405/9xpxce67Keywords:
Pedagogical Aids, Audio-Visual Aids (AVAs), EFL Motivation, Communicative CompetenceAbstract
In seeking to improve the educational process, especially in the sphere of EFL, educators continuously look for ways of employing various teaching materials to encourage and keep students motivated. This study aims at analyzing the efficiency of the introduction of AVAs in English language classes at Abu-Isa Faculty of Education, University of Zawia, Libya. Furthermore, it analyzes how the use of AVAs helps teachers create a lively atmosphere of the studying process and the obstacles in the implementation of AVAs. To achieve the aims of the research, a qualitative case study approach was adopted, and the information was collected through classroom observation of two different groups of students and semi-structured interviews with four EFL university teachers. The results of the research reveal that the introduction of AVAs brings about drastic changes in students’ communicative competence, reduces foreign language anxiety, and moves from a teacher-centered approach to a student-centered one. At the same time, it is obvious that the implementation of the technologies is hampered by infrastructural difficulties, such as a cut-off power supply, financial problems, and others.
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