Influencing Factors on Information Technological Literacy for Dynamic Effective Teaching of College English Teachers in Shanxi, China

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Abstract : The research aimed to 1) study the current situation and expectation of college English teachers in Shanxi, China; 2) study the various factors affecting information technological literacy for dynamic effective teaching of college English teachers in Shanxi, China; 3) analyze the mediating roles of Advance tutorial and creation competency, Technological innovation enhancement and Information technological literacy, between various factors and Dynamic effective teaching; 4) improve Chinese English teachers’ information technological literacy for dynamic effective teaching. This study adopts mixed research method, using survey questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The survey questionnaire data was collected from 443 English teachers at universities in Shanxi Province, China, and interview data was collected from 17 of them. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and software package was also used to run model analysis and analyze output results. The findings revealed that 1) Policy and regulation pressure, Dynamic learning culture, Intensive competitive environment and Technological availability have positive effects on Advance tutorial and creation competency as well as Technological innovation enhancement; 2) Advance tutorial and creation competency and Technological innovation enhancement have positive effects on Information and technological literacy; 3) Information and technological literacy has a positive effect on Dynamic effective teaching; 4) The mediation role of Information and technological literacy between Advance tutorial and creation competency, Technological innovation enhancement and Dynamic effective teaching; 5) Advance tutorial and creation competency and Technological innovation enhancement have positive effects on Dynamic effective teaching; 6) There are cascading mediating effects of mediating variables between independent variables and dependent variables.