Getting learners in an EFL environment to speak meaningfully in a foreign language is notoriously difficult. Innovations in educational technology enable teachers and students to facilitate teaching and learning speaking skills. This study reports on a descriptive study of attitudes of students and teachers, who have no chat-experience, about the potential use of CMC (via text &voice-based chat) as an instructional resource to facilitate their speaking ability. The study also tries to explore some similarities and differences between student and teacher computer use and opinions of students...