CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY THE RESEARCH STUDENTS IN DIGITAL ENGLISH LABORATORY
Abstract
Both good and negative criticism from the students' English Language lecturers has been received regarding the installation and upgrading of the Digital English Laboratory from the analog language laboratories to improve the students' experience learning the English language. This study investigates the difficulties experienced by English language lecturers while using DEL and incorporating it into their English teaching. The difficulties are divided into three groups: difficulties caused by the lab equipment, difficulties caused by the methods of instruction, and difficulties caused by the students themselves. The goal of this study was to pinpoint the difficulties that lecturers encountered during DEL sessions that prevented students from developing their language skills.
Keyword : Digital Lab. Students, Teachers, Language proficiency
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