Technological Devices In Teaching English Vocabulary In Tanzanian Primary Schools: The Case Of Chake-Chake District

ABSTRACT

In the recent global educational development, the successful integration of technological devices in English language teaching and learning has proved to be something innovative and potentially beneficial to teachers and learners. In various developing countries including Tanzania in particular, accessibility of technology in language teaching is witnessed although at a small pace. This study has attempted to assess the uses of technological devices in teaching English vocabulary for improving primary school students’ English language proficiency in Chake-Chake district, Zanzibar, Tanzania. During this study, ninety seven (97) respondents from a total population were selected including students, English language teachers, heads of schools and education officers. In order to come up with effective results and generalize the findings, data were collected by using questionnaire, standardized test and interview methods and analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 13.0 and Excel programmes. The findings revealed that the use of technological devices is a profitable aid of English vocabulary teaching. Also, education stakeholders show positive attitude in integrating technological devices in English language teaching but the scarcity of technological devices persist in various schools and that those few available TDs are not effectively utilized as a result of a range of challenges the TDs are not found to be effective aid in teaching English in Zanzibar primary schools.