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

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Abstract:The study Analysis of EFL teachers skills, attitudes, and use regarding ICT in Ecuadorian public high schools was conducted with the purpose to investigate teachers skills, frequency of use and attitude towards ICT use in EFL classrooms in high schools public Ecuadorian context. The chose was about 10 EFL teachers of a public high school in Guayaquil and Salitre, in Ecuador. The method used for this study was mixed with quantitative and qualitative approaches. The instrument used to find out statistical information was the survey composed by three sections, one for each variable of this study, based on Likert scale to measure teachers answers. Furthermore, the quantitative part was conducted through an interview, which had 10 open-ended questions related to the main topic of the study, in order to obtain descriptive information to support the results of the surveys. The results show that teachers have high skills to use most of the tools, but the frequency of use is low because of the lack of technological infrastructure. Despite, teachers presented a positive attitude towards ICT use in EFL classrooms.