ENHANCING SELF-EFFICACY BY ADOPTING DIGITAL TOOLS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE RESEARCH: A SOCIO-COGNITIVE STUDY
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Adoptability, Behaviour , Digital Tools, English Language Research, Self-Efficacy, Social Congnitive Theory, SocietyAbstract
The purpose of the current study was to measure the perceived self-efficacy of university students and teachers towards the usability of digital tools to enhance English language research competency under social cognitive perspectives. The quantitative study has adopted the questionnaire as the research tool, which consists of the five Likert scales. The data was collected through Google documents, and 62 individuals responded to the questionnaire. Using SPSS version 23, data is analyzed to calculate the frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation values. The research found that both students and teachers consider it significant to adopt and practice digital tools in English language research. They have positive intentions that adopting digital tools at the university level in English language research can enhance their personal, social, cognitive, exposure, knowledge, and other fields competency. The study recommends that digital tools be adopted, used, and practiced at the university level to explore subject confidence and subject areas. The study also mentioned the challenges and future gaps of research in the same field to front.
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