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

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Abstract:The current research discusses the Ecuadorian high school teachers perceptions on ICT use in their EFL classes. The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the EFL teachers perceptions on ICT use. This study, carried out in Zaragoza-Madrid, a survey was administered to 10 teachers. From those 10 teachers, 3 female and 3 male teachers were interviewed. Thus, both methods, qualitative and quantitative approach, were used. On the one hand, the quantitative approach was used to analyze the data that was collected thorough the questionnaires. On the other hand, the qualitative approach was applied to analyze the findings that were obtained from interviews. In conclusion, the results of this research indicated that EFL teachers use the ICT in their classes. It was also demonstrated that teachers do not consider the existence of barriers that prevent them from using ICT. Besides, gender or other characteristics such as age or training on ICT are not seen as important factors that make of some teachers more likely to use these technologies than others.