Investigating the Effect of Adopting Cultural Material in Iranian EFL/ESL Syllabus

Abstract

Various disciplines have recently discussed implementing Internet of Things components into residential buildings. The notion of a Smart House has been popular among people around the globe due to the innovative capabilities of IoT systems. Since most of the literature is devoted to technical and implementation issues and the overall effect of IoT-based systems on residents` QoL, especially in the Iranian context, has not been investigated before, this study attempts to redefine. The current study aimed to explore the extent to which smart house residents are satisfied with IoT capabilities and then see if there is another significant difference in age factor (i.e., 18 to 28, 29 to 39, and 40 to 50 years old). Consequently, 51 residents of 20 smart house occupants participated in this research. Inclusion and exclusion criteria included minimum age of 18 and two years of occupancy. As the primary research tool, a self-administered questionnaire was developed and distributed among participants to obtain the necessary data for the study. The questionnaire consisted of five sections Performance Expectancy, Facilitating Condition, Hedonic Motivation, Use Behavior, and Preference. A Cronbach`s-Alpha test has been used to ensure internal data consistency; subsequently, the Chi-Square test was utilized to analyze the significance of each factor in each group. Further, the Kruskal-Wallis test has been operated to observe whether there are any relationships between groups in terms of five different factors; and results have been interpreted accordingly. However, any age factor was considered due to time and space limitations. Findings of this study would benefit a large population of people, academics, firms, and organizations regarding the benefits of IoT integration into residential buildings.

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT), Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Chi-Square Test, Kruskal-Wallis Test, Bonferroni test, Quality of Life (QoL), Smart Home Technologies, Smart Devices, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)