Language teachers’ surfing skills: teachers’ knowledge of metasearch engines and advanced search facilities

The National Council for the Accreditation of Teachers (NCATE) (2008) recognises the relevance of incorporating the use of internet and world wide web in teacher training (ISTE, 2008). Brooks and Byles (2000) stress on productive strategies in Internet search. However, these are often overlooked a...

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Main Authors:	Wan Yusof, Wan Putri Zahra, Mat Daud, Nuraihan
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/22740/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22740/1/280.pdf

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spelling	iium-227402012-03-22T01:16:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22740/ Language teachers’ surfing skills: teachers’ knowledge of metasearch engines and advanced search facilities Wan Yusof, Wan Putri Zahra Mat Daud, Nuraihan P Philology. Linguistics The National Council for the Accreditation of Teachers (NCATE) (2008) recognises the relevance of incorporating the use of internet and world wide web in teacher training (ISTE, 2008). Brooks and Byles (2000) stress on productive strategies in Internet search. However, these are often overlooked although finding information on the Internet and how they work requires the right surfing skills. Added to that each search engine differs in its way of displaying information. A survey was conducted on all language teachers teaching at the Centre for Languages, IIUM to analyse teachers’ knowledge of available search engines and their surfing skills. Questionnaire survey and interview methods were adopted in this study. The study found that the majority of the teachers were not aware of the presence of search engines other than Yahoo, Google and MSN. Metasearch engines were rarely used. Many were also not aware of the advanced search facilities. They went for any domain and all formats when surfing without knowing that they could select for specific files and specific language when looking for materials. The research points to the need for teaching effective surfing skills in pre-service and in-service teacher training programmes. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22740/1/280.pdf Wan Yusof, Wan Putri Zahra and Mat Daud, Nuraihan (2010) Language teachers’ surfing skills: teachers’ knowledge of metasearch engines and advanced search facilities. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur.
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description	The National Council for the Accreditation of Teachers (NCATE) (2008) recognises the relevance of incorporating the use of internet and world wide web in teacher training (ISTE, 2008). Brooks and Byles (2000) stress on productive strategies in Internet search. However, these are often overlooked although finding information on the Internet and how they work requires the right surfing skills. Added to that each search engine differs in its way of displaying information. A survey was conducted on all language teachers teaching at the Centre for Languages, IIUM to analyse teachers’ knowledge of available search engines and their surfing skills. Questionnaire survey and interview methods were adopted in this study. The study found that the majority of the teachers were not aware of the presence of search engines other than Yahoo, Google and MSN. Metasearch engines were rarely used. Many were also not aware of the advanced search facilities. They went for any domain and all formats when surfing without knowing that they could select for specific files and specific language when looking for materials. The research points to the need for teaching effective surfing skills in pre-service and in-service teacher training programmes.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Wan Yusof, Wan Putri Zahra Mat Daud, Nuraihan
author_facet	Wan Yusof, Wan Putri Zahra Mat Daud, Nuraihan
author_sort	Wan Yusof, Wan Putri Zahra
title	Language teachers’ surfing skills: teachers’ knowledge of metasearch engines and advanced search facilities
title_short	Language teachers’ surfing skills: teachers’ knowledge of metasearch engines and advanced search facilities
title_full	Language teachers’ surfing skills: teachers’ knowledge of metasearch engines and advanced search facilities
title_fullStr	Language teachers’ surfing skills: teachers’ knowledge of metasearch engines and advanced search facilities
title_full_unstemmed	Language teachers’ surfing skills: teachers’ knowledge of metasearch engines and advanced search facilities
title_sort	language teachers’ surfing skills: teachers’ knowledge of metasearch engines and advanced search facilities
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