ATTITUDES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS TOWARDS DIGITAL STORIES IN TEACHING ENGLISH AND THE OBSTACLES THEY FACE

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the attitudes of English language teachers towards digital stories in teaching the English language, and the obstacles they face from their point of view. The study was based on the descriptive and analytical approach, and the study population consisted of (243) male and female teachers working in government schools in Irbid Governorate. The sample of the study reached (81) male and female teachers, who were randomly selected. The results of the study showed that the attitudes of English language teachers towards digital stories came at a positive level, with an arithmetic mean (3.55). The obstacles facing English language teachers in using digital stories came in a high degree, with a mean of (3.99). The study recommended the necessity of holding courses and workshops for teachers and students alike, to develop their attitudes towards digital stories, and to train them in the techniques of designing and using them, giving attention to providing tools and techniques for presenting digital stories in an effective and distinctive way, and amending the English language curriculum to match its application with digital stories which is the reason for not using digital stories in teaching English.

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