Konuşma yetisini geliştirmek için internet üzerinden yapılan sesli/yazılı konuşmanın eğitim kaynağı olarak kullanımına karşı öğrenci ve öğretmenlerin tutumları

This study explored teacher and student attitudes towards use of computer mediatedcommunication (CMC) in support of teaching speaking skills. Data were collected through thequestionnaires distributed to 20 Tourism students and 60 English instructors at MuğlaUniversity and through interviews conducted with 12 CMC-experienced international EFLinstructors.The questionnaire for students investigated students? feelings about the four L2 skillsgenerally, their computer use and their opinions about use of voice-text chat for developingspeaking skills. The questionnaire for Mugla English instructors aimed to discover theirpersonal background, computer background, attitudes about use of communication technologyfor teaching L2 and potential problems that they foresaw in using voice & text chat in theirEFL instruction. The interviews with CMC-experienced international EFL teachers aimed toexplore international English instructors? perceptions about teaching speaking skills, use ofvoice chat as an instructional source for speaking instruction, and instructional advantages anddisadvantages of voice chat.Findings gathered from students? questionnaires revealed that students perceivedspeaking as the most important skill but had problems with both speaking itself and classes inspeaking. Both sets of EFL teachers and students were positive in support of use of CMC insupport of speaking instruction, although teacher responses indicated anticipation of someproblems-fit to the curriculum, computer access, finding appropriate international partners -in implementing classroom CMC. All respondents indicated the need for appropriate trainingand administrative support to make the implementation of voice and text chat successful inthe Tourism Department at Muğla University.Key terms: CMC, CALL, CLT, -CMC teachers, +CMC teachers, asynchronouscommunication, synchronous communication, Chat Group, Webheads and Tapped In