Analysis of EFL teachers skills attitudes, and use regarding ICT in Ecuadorian private high schools

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Abstract:The integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed educational settings by transforming traditional methods with technology-based teaching and learning practices. The main purpose of this study is to examine the use, skills, and attitudes of Ecuadorian teachers towards the integration of ICT in their teaching practices in secondary high schools. This qualitative and quantitative research focused on surveys to 10 teachers and interviews to 6 teachers already polled-on as techniques of data collection and it was performed in three different private schools to 10 English as foreign language teachers. The data collected from the quantitative technique was analyzed by using the statistical software SPSS. The results indicate that despite the fact that most participants had positive attitudes towards integrating ICT in their teaching practices, they do not commonly apply ICT-tools in their classrooms. The major reason for this fact is due to the lack of teaching training and the obsolete school technological resources to integrate in the teaching-learning process in a significant and efficient way.