The use of the internet by high school EFL teachers for professional purposes

Bu betimsel araştırma liselerde çalışan İngilizce öğretmenlerinin mesleki amaçla kullandığı websitelerini incelemektedir. Çalışmanın evreni 2010 -2011 Eğitim-Öğretim yılı bahar yarıyılındaDiyarbakır şehir merkezinde çalışan İngilizce öğretmenlerini kapsamaktadır. Araştırmanın örneklemiise Anadolu liseleri ve özel liselerde çalışan 45 İngilizce öğretmeninden oluşmaktadır. Veri toplamaamacıyla araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan bir anket kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçları İngilizceöğretmenlerinin sırasıyla kendilerine kaynak sağlayan web sitelerini, sosyal ağları, sözlükleri, gazete,dergi ve blogları takip ettiklerini göstermiştir. Öğretmenlerin en çok kullandığı web s itelerininadresleri de çalışma kapsamında belirtilmiştir.

Liselerde çalışan ingilizce öğretmenlerinin interneti mesleki amaçla kullanımı

This article reports the findings of a descriptive study that aimed to examine the websites used byhigh school EFL teachers for professional purposes. The study included high school EnglishLanguage Teachers working in the city centre of Diyarbakır in the spring semester of 2010 -2011.Forty -five English teachers working at the Private High Schools and Anatolian High Schools in thecity were taken as samples. A questionnaire prepared by the researchers was used to collect data. Theresults revealed that the language teachers mostly followed resource websites, forums and socialnetworks, dictionaries, magazines, newspapers and blogs respective ly. A list of the websites that aremost commonly followed by EFL teachers is also presented in the study.

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