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

Abstract

The theme of the present research project is "Private high school teachers' perceptions on ICT use in their EFL classes", the main objective is to know the perception of teachers in relation to the implementation of new information and communication technologies in EFL classes. To achieve this objetive, I valued the principles of qualitative and quantitative methods, with the application of instruments as the survey and the interview. The study population was made up of ten English teachers from a private language institute, in the case of the interview, 6 teachers who consisted of 3 men and 3 women who participated; in the survey 10 teachers who consisted of 5 men and 5 women, this in order to have global criteria on the problem that is analyzed. The main conclusion of the study is that young teachers have greater ease for the incorporation of ICT within the teaching - learning process, meanwhile, older teachers show characteristics of insecurity and distrust. For this reason, it is important that everyone has equal opportunities to participate in training related to the topic.