SCHOOLOF GRADUATE STUDIESCOLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate Teachers‟ andStudents „awareness and preferences of online sources for English Language Learning/Teaching at Wachemo University. The researcher selected the sample University because he had information about it and it is not far for the researcher. In order to collect data, questionnaire and interview were used. Besides, EFL teachers and students were participants of the study. Regarding selection of the sample, purposive sampling was used to determine participant teachers and students. Accordingly, 6 teachers and 65 students were included as respondents of the study. With regard to research design, the researcher used both descriptive survey and correlation designs. This method was preferably used to collect information from various participants. Moreover, to analyze data, both quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed. The study showed that both teachers and students had negative attitude towards awareness and preference of online sources for English Language Learning/Teaching. It was also found that there was an attitudinal and preference link between teachers and students. Issues that were identified as barriers to use online sources for ELL/ELT were commonly shared by both teachers and students. Based on the above findings, some recommendations were forwarded. These were: there were teachers and students who did not have awareness and preference for ELL/ELT. Therefore, students, teachers, concerned bodies like EFL departments, education offices should prepare trainings to provide EFL teachers and students with potential knowledge and usage of online sources for ELL/ELT.