A thesis in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master in

Table 4.6

Number of Courses Teachers’ Attended

Number of Courses	Frequency	Percentage
1 2-4 5-8 >8	18 2 1 0	25.7 2.9 1.4 0

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3. Usefulness of the Courses in the Teaching of English

Table 4.7 shows the perceptions of the 21 respondents on the usefulness of the computers courses that had been attended by them. 27 % of the respondents felt that the courses were not useful whereas a higher percentage of the respondents, that is 73 % thought otherwise. In fact, nearly two thirds of the respondents, that is 15 out of 21, found the courses useful in the teaching of English.

Table 4.7

Usefulness of the Courses in the Teaching of English

Usefulness	Frequency	Percentage
Useful Very Useful Not Useful Not Useful at all	21 3 5 2	60 73 27 5

4. Schools’ Facility for the Courses on the Use of Computers in Teaching

Table 4.8 shows the availability of computer courses in teaching at the schools. From the table, it is clear that two thirds of the respondents answered negatively that the schools where they teach did not have any courses or facilities

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for the use of computers in teaching. In contrast, one third of them claimed that their schools had this kind of facilities for the teachers.

Table 4.8

The Availability of the Computer Courses at Schools

Availability	Frequency	Percentage
Yes No	20 41	28.6 58.6

5. The Importance of Computer Courses in Teaching English

Table 4.9 shows how the respondents‟ rank the importance of the computer courses in the teaching of the English language even if they had attended or had not attended any similar courses before. A total of 77% of the respondents felt that the courses were important whereas a lower percentage of the respondents, that is

22.8 % thought otherwise. In fact, more than two thirds of the respondents, that is 54 out of 70, agreed that the computer courses are useful in the teaching of English.

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