DIFFICULTIES FACED BY HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL TEACHERS IN THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE APPROACH

Abstract

The present study was carried out to explore issues and challenges faced by EFL teachers in District Sibi  Balochistan, Pakistan. The study was quantitative based on descriptive survey design. The questionnaire was 
constructed using Five point Likert type scale and data were collected from 110 (80 males and 30 female) currently  teaching to the intermediate classes. The data were analyzed on SPSS through descriptive analysis of the responses  of the teachers while T-test was applied to see the difference of opinions from both genders. The findings of the  results reveal that EFL teachers face various issues and challenges like non-availability of the computers and  laptops, shortage of electricity, no pre-induction training, theoretical based course work, lack of interest from the  old English teachers towards learning or using computers, insufficient time for CALI implementation. Besides, many  female teachers who cannot operate computer, they have to do domestic duties and as a result they cannot afford  extra time for learning computers. But those male and female teachers who can operate computers, they say that  there are no computers to be used for EFL class. Even if computers are available, shortage of electricity causes  great hurdle as there is no alternate. The study concludes that without overcoming these issues, implementation of 
CALI is impossible. Hence, the policy makers, stake holders and administrative staff should target these issues so  that advantages of CALI for teaching English may be properly reached to EFL students in Pakistan.