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

Abstract

Abstract:This study explores the Ecuadorian private high school teachers’ perceptions on ICT use in their EFL classes, and it aims to investigate and analyze the EFL teachers’ perceptions on Information and Communication Technology. This study was carried out in a private high school from Quito, with ten English teachers, divided in two groups: five males and five females. To conduct this research, ten surveys and six interviews were carried out to the English teachers. The results were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. In qualitative analysis, personal opinions were considered for each question. In the quantitative analysis, the frequency of answer was calculated in percentages. The results of the analysis demonstrated that teachers do not have a proper training that assures the correct use of ICTs when teaching English as a foreign language. Most of them have learned to use technology empirically, without attending complementary courses, causing inconveniences at the time of applying teaching strategies. For that reason, teachers of English as a foreign language have to consider these result for improving the English process teaching using Information and Communication Technology.