EFL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON USING ICT IN THEIR TEACHING: TO USE OR TO REJECT?

• Authors: Tengku Maya Silviyanti , Yunisrina Qismullah Yusuf
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This study focused on identifying EFL teachers’ perceptions on the use of ICT in their teaching. A number of 42 EFL teachers from two state universities in Indonesia were involved. A closed-ended questionnaire based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (Davis, Bagozzi, and Warshaw, 1989) was distributed and interviews were conducted. The findings revealed that 31 teacher users were found to have high motivation to use ICT because they believe that it is important in ELT as it makes learning enjoyable, interesting, and effective, among other constructive outcomes. Meanwhile, even though the other 11 teacher non-users were aware that the use of ICT is becoming more essential nowadays, their motivation remains low. Their barriers were rooted from the lack of training and support, either financial or non-financial, from their work environment. Therefore, these barriers should become a priority for institutions to overcome, considering that ICT provides unlimited sources of information in ELT and teachers must be prepared to face new challenges in education and technology that are present today.

Keywords

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ICT; EFL teachers’ perceptions; ELT; motivation; barriers

• Publisher: IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group & University of Nicosia
• Journal: Teaching English with Technology
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 29-43

Contributors

author

Tengku Maya Silviyanti

• University of Syiah Kuala

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Yunisrina Qismullah Yusuf

• University of Syiah Kuala

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