Ecuadorian private high school teacher’s perceptions on ICT use in their classes

Abstract

This study identifies and examines the perceptions gathered from high school teachers regarding the implementation of ICT in their English classes as well as the elements that are considered impediments and are relevant for the application of ICT in their classrooms. For the interpretative description of the results both, a quantitative and qualitative approach were implemented through the numerical data collected. The techniques applied to gather the required information were the interview and the survey. The survey was applied to 5 men and 5 women selected from 10 used as sample. As for the implementation of the interview only 3 male and 3 female were taken from the 10 teachers of the study. The results obtained show that teachers do not conclusively identify the existence of barriers that prevent them from using ICT within the teaching of EFL. However, some teachers consider that age could be a factor that hinders the acquisition of technological skills, but is not a limitation. For this reason all teachers independently their ages need to be trained for the correct use of technological tools, it is important to incorporate constant training programs related to the use of new information and communication technologies in the different phases in the teaching learning- process