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Nadia Saraa1, Abdo Hasan Al-Qadri2, Hazim M Alhaqbani3
1Department of English, Faculty of letters and Languages, Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret, Tiaret, Algeria.
Abstract:
Duolingo, a gamified educational digital platform, has received significant popularity in EFL education. In this context, the study purposes to explores how Algerian EFL learners respond to using Duolingo as a digital technology learning tool. Specifically, the study sought to investigate the role of Self-Efficacy (SE) and Intrinsic Motivation (IM) in shaping Algerian EFL learners' behavioral intention (BI) to use Duolingo within an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) framework. Both direct and indirect effects were tested alongside the moderating roles of Digital Resource Access and Institutional Support using structural equation modeling approach. Data were collected from 319 EFL undergraduate students through a validated questionnaire. Findings revealed significant direct effect of both Self-Efficacy and Intrinsic Motivation on BI. In addition, Self-Efficacy indirectly influenced BI through perceived usefulness (PU), while Intrinsic Motivation had an indirect effect via Perceived Ease of Use (PEU). Furthermore, Institutional Support and Digital Resource access has significantly moderate the PU and PEU on BI pathways respectively. The study highlights the need for Algerian higher education to adopt local pedagogical and infrastructural strategies to optimize the use of digital language tools in EFL education.
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