Perceptions of Kurdish EFL University Students and Instructors on the Role of Educational Environment and Technological Tools in Writing Proficiency
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https://doi.org/10.21928/juhd.v12n2y2026.pp178-188Keywords:
Educational environment, Technological tools, EFL students, Perceptions, Writing proficiencyAbstract
Writing is a central skill in English as a foreign language (EFL) education, though it remains one of the challenging skills for learners, including Kurdish EFL students. Writing demands proficiency in language, vocabulary, grammar, and an ability to organize ideas cohesively. Today, due to the rapid integration of educational digital tools to classrooms and growing concern to classroom environment, various studies are conducted in this area reshaped writing pedagogy in different parts of the world; yet conducting an empirical study that addresses the significance role of these educational and technological factors in Kurdish EFL writing remains unexplored.
Therefore, the current study endeavors to fill this gap, which aims to identify how Kurdish EFL university students and university lecturers perceive the role of educational environment and technological tools in Kurdish EFL students' writing skill. Therefore, A mixed-method; quantitative and qualitative methodology was employed, incorporating both a Likert Scale questionnaire and a semi-structured interview as data collection tools. Based on SPSS software with some statistical techniques, the data were analyzed. The samples of 108 university students were involved in the questionnaire and 3 EFL instructors were interviewed, at university of Sulaimani, in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
The findings uncover that educational environment and technological resources like grammar checkers, collaborative platforms, and writing apps were helpful tools in enhancing accuracy, motivation, and independence of the students; hence, contribute in Kurdish EFL University Students' writing proficiency.
It is concluded that both supportive classroom environment with suitable technological resources can improve the writing proficiency of Kurdish EFL university students. All these results provide important insights for EFL teaching in the Kurdistan Region.
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