Lecturers’ Perception of the Use of a Digital Language Laboratory

Abstract

We now live in a digital era with its attendant development from Information Technology (IT) computer systems to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) computer systems with consequences on education systems. Experts have posited that the adaptation of teacher education and professional development programs to the digital era should consider the user’s worldview and its implications vis-à-vis education and society in general. Moreso, there has been the belief that teachers show apathy and resistance to the changes brought about by technological advancement and innovations as they affect the dissemination of information and the teaching and learning process. This paper examined the perception of selected lecturers about the use of a Digital Language Laboratory in the teaching and learning process. We adopted the use of a self-constructed questionnaire in soliciting information from language lecturers from the School of Languages, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Lagos. The paper unravels the challenges faced by the lecturers in fully maximizing the resources available in the digital language laboratory. Recommendations were proffered to resolve the identified challenges in order to enhance its efficient use for effective teaching and learning of languages.