Ecuadorian high school teachers’ perceptions on ICT use in their EFL classes

Abstract

This research explores the Ecuadorian high school teachers’ perceptions on ICT use in their EFL classes. It aims to investigate and analyze the EFL teachers’ perceptions on ICT use. Besides, this research was executed in public and private high schools of Sangolquí, a city located at south east of Quito, Ecuador. Moreover, twenty EFL teachers, male and female, participated in the survey and six of them also took part in the interview. In addition, qualitative and quantitative methods were applied to gather information related to teachers’ perceptions on ICT use. Hence, the teachers’ survey and the teachers’ interview were employed as instruments to collect data. The results show that few teachers considered some teachers’ characteristics as barriers on ICT use, which are related to their insecurity, apprehensiveness, unfamiliarity, age, and teachers’ skills, among others. Also, the findings reveal few significant differences between female and male teachers. In contrast, most of the EFL teachers demonstrate good attitudes with respect to ICT use in their classes. In fact, almost all EFL teachers totally agree with the factors that influence on ICT use.