TECHNOLOGY-INTEGRATED INSTRUCTION: IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF USING WEB 2.0 TOOLS IN LANGUAGE CLASSES

Since the advent of Web 2.0 tools, technology has well found its way into language classes in the last few years. The present study is an investigation of the extent to which Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students have the tendency and confidence to use the Internet in general, and Web 2.0 tools in particular, for language learning purposes. For this purpose, 156 university students were selected. After being instructed for three and a half months in a hybrid language learning course, they participated in a semi-structured interview. The qualitative analysis of the participantsʹ responses revealed the fact that almost all of them were interested in the integration of Web 2.0 tools in their language classes. The results also indicated that many of the participants had a strong tendency to use the Internet for their future language learning.