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

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Abstract:This study aims to investigate teachers skills, attitudes, and use of technology in EFL teaching. The participants were 10 EFL teachers of private high schools in the City of Cumbayá, Ecuador. A mixed method that involve qualitative and qualitative procedures was used. The quantitative method was applied using surveys based on a Likert scale in order to identify teachers perceptions about their technology skills, attitudes and use of technology in EFL classes. The qualitative approach was applied using an interview based on open-ended questions in order to obtain descriptive information to support the quantitative results. The data collected were shown in Likert scale tables, described, analyzed and contrasted with previous investigations. The results show that teachers have developed high skills to use some of the traditional and updated technological recourses investigated in this research. Besides, teachers demonstrated positive attitudes regarding the ICT use in EFL classes. In spite of their high skills and positive attitude toward ICT use, there are some technological tools that were scarcely used in EFL teaching process.