Iraqi EFL teachers' beliefs and practices of multimedia in ELT classes

Technology has become an important and inevitable part of our lives nowadays, especially in the field of education; it has a big role in improving ways of teaching and enhancing teaching techniques in many ways. In language teaching, multimedia has a great impact on students' achievement. This descriptive study investigated Iraqi EFL teachers' beliefs and teachers' practice of multimedia by using quantitative data collection methodology. The participants of the study consisted of 39 females and 64 male EFL teachers from various schools of Iraq. The results of the study showed that while Iraqi EFL teachers had a positive attitude towards the integration of multimedia in their classes, they had a low level of their practice of multimedia in their own classes. However, the results in both cases showed a little difference in both male and female teachers. According to the results of the study, female teachers were more positive about using multimedia and more active in their integration of multimedia in their classes when compared to male teachers. Keywords: Multimedia Technology, Information and Communication Technology, Teachers' Beliefs, English as a foreign language, Teachers' Practices.