Teacher and student opinions on the use of technology supported material in English teaching

The effects of technology are seen in the field of education and technology-supported materials are included in the teaching programs recently. The target of this research is to determine the extent to which technology supported materials are included in the secondary education English curriculum and to determine the opinions of teachers and students on the reflections of the usage of these materials in the classroom. The study group of the research consists of 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade English teachers and 9th, 10th and 11th grade students in Anatolian high schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in the province of Ankara in the 2022-2023 academic year. In the research, mixed research method has been used so as to reach the opinions of teachers and students in the most accurate way. The research is a mixed study in which not only quantitative but also qualitative data have been collected. Quantitative data has been collected using a questionnaire prepared by the researcher, and qualitative data has been collected using a semi-structured interview form. The data obtained from the questionnaire has been analyzed by using the SPSS program, and the data obtained from the semi-structured interview form has been analyzed with the content analysis method. When the findings have been analyzed, parallelism has been observed between the views of both teachers and students. Teachers and students have stated that thanks to the use of technology-supported materials, the English teaching process has become easier and permanent learning has occurred. Also, students' motivation to learn the target language has increased. In addition, it has been concluded that technology supported materials are used at different stages of the lessons, and the most used technology supported teaching material by teachers and students is smart board. The data obtained at the end of the research is expected to provide feedback to the MEB curriculum development experts, field experts and teachers regarding the usage of technology supported materials in the secondary education English curriculum.