scholarly journals THE USE OF ICT IN ESL CLASSROOMS IN MANIPUR

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Rosy Yumnam
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Ict In Education ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Learning English

<p>The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education has increased manifold in the present times. The role and use of ICT as a tool for English Language Teaching (ELT) is increasingly explored by educators as they assist in creating collaborative and independent learning environment. ICT plays a pertinent role in enhancing motivation, creativity and critical thinking of the learners. In the study, the attitudes of the students and teachers of the secondary schools of Manipur, a state in northeast India towards using ICT in teaching and learning English language are investigated. The paper aims to make the teachers and learners aware of the use of ICT in English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom. Through the questionnaires administered to both teachers and learners, the importance and challenges in the pedagogy of ELT using ICT is identified and discussed. The findings of the survey indicate that most of the teachers and learners held positive approach towards integrating ICT in teaching and learning English language.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Students’ Perception on the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Tools in English Language Teaching

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-129
Author(s):  
Anisa Husni Alkaromah ◽  
Endang Fauziati ◽  
Abdul Asib
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Basic Function ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Students ◽  
Information And Communication

The pedagogies of English teaching are rapidly changing due to the advancement of information and communication technology (ICT). According to curriculum 2013, ICT is an essential component that should be integrated into each subject including English. It can be expected that it is essential for the teacher to use ICT in the teaching and learning process in order to help students to achieve a high quality of English subjects. To know the ICT role in the classroom so that this study was conducted to investigate senior high school students’ perceptions toward ICT usage in the EFL classroom. There are two students from the public school participated in Surakarta. This research design was a qualitative method with a case study approach to determine students’ perceptions and their experience in using ICT. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. The result indicated that the students perceived ICT usage and perceived access to ICT. Although the students use ICT and access it in the classroom, the domination of the level is at substitution and augmentation. These two levels are called enhancement. The findings reveal the usage of ICT in the EFL classroom. The students are reflected only to be able to use a basic function in a limited mobile application with only little change and improvement.

scholarly journals Investigating the Integration Level of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the English Language Teaching

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-274
Author(s):  
Rija Dwiono ◽  
Dewi Rochsantiningsih ◽  
Suparno Suparno
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Computer Application ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Ict Competence ◽  
Information And Communication

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is perceived as a part of the core of education in this 21st century-learning. Experts have explored the integration of pedagogical ICT in teaching and learning recently. But none of them explored the teacher’s competence to integrate pedagogical ICT as they assess the extent to which ICT integrated by the teacher in teaching. This research aims to investigate the teacher competence levels to use ICT and the extent to which the ICT integrated by the teacher in English language teaching. Classroom observation and interview were used as data collecting technique to reach the objectives. To produce an in-depth description, this case study focuses on the description of the individual teacher as the target of the investigation. Teacher’s ICT competence levels were classified using professional framework rank ICT competence level (UNESCO, 2011). While SAMR model was used as the data analysis tool to determine the extent to which ICT integrated by the teacher in the English language teaching. The results of this research indicate that the teacher's competence to use ICT was still beginner. It means that the teacher is dominant with the use of basic features of presentation, word processor software such as powerpoint and Microsoft word and other digital resources. It is also reported that teacher’s ICT integration level with the domination at the substitution level and augmentation level. These findings reflect the ability of the teacher in integrating ICT in teaching. The teacher is considered only be able to use basic function in a limited number of computer application with only little change and improvement.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Skill and Motivation in Using Information and Communication Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 20-35
Author(s):  
Pitambar Paudel
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Secondary English ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Government

Teaching and learning in the 21st century has been embedded with technology. Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a crucial role in ameliorating knowledge acquisition in general and enhancing English Language mastering in particular. The government of Nepal has made provision of integrating ICTs in school education to enhance quality education and make both teachers and learners confident and competitive in the present global world. The teachers are the real implementers of the policy into practice. In this context, this research intended to investigate secondary level English teachers’ skill and motivation in using ICTs while teaching the English language. To achieve the objective, an explanatory sequential mixed research design was adopted. The survey questionnaire, unstructured interview and non-participant observation were used to determine the skills and motivation of forty secondary English teachers (20 from public and 20 from private schools). Two datasets, i.e. quantitative and qualitative were collected and analyzed sequentially. The findings of the research reveal that majority of the teachers have high motivation in using ICTs even though they are not skilful, knowledgeable and confident in handling and using new ICT tools and applications. The findings imply that teachers should be given opportunities for training on ICT use for building up their skill, motivation, knowledge and confidence.

Using information and Communication Technology in E.F.L Classrooms at University level (Case Study of Gezira and Butana University lectures)

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-48
Author(s):  
Amani El-tayeb Hassab El-Rasoul Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

Using Information and Communication Technology in EFL classrooms at the university level is very important for universities lecturers in Sudan. This study aims to investigate the role of ICT in teaching English in Sudanese universities represented by Gezira and Butana University. The study casts light on the importance of ICT today particularly in the field of English language teaching. Moreover, investigates the problems which face Sudanese EFL teachers in using ICT in classrooms at the university level. The study has followed the descriptive-analytical method. The data for the study[ has been collected by means of a questionnaire and an interview with some ICT experts and technicians. The study has used the (SPSS) statistical package for the social science programme for analyzing the data. The study has reached many important results: There are many problems facing Sudanese English language teachers at the university level in teaching the English language while using the technology of information and communication because they are not specialized in the field. In the light of these results, the study recommends that: Introducing ICT into educational curricula so as to be understood and used easily by learners and teachers. Also the necessity of training EFL teachers on using these technologies. Finally, the study recommends all teachers at the university level have full knowledge of using ICT in education because it is very important nowadays.

Prospects and Challenges Faced by Secondary Teachers while Integrating ICT in Nepalese ESL Classrooms

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-99
Author(s):  
Kabita Khadka
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Government ◽  
Global World

Teaching and learning in the 21st century has been embedded with technology. Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a crucial role in ameliorating knowledge acquisition in general and enhancing English Language mastering in particular. The government of Nepal has made provision of integrating ICTs in school education to enhance quality education and make both teachers and learners confident and competitive in the present global world. The teachers are the real implementers of the policy into practice. In this context, this research intends to investigate secondary level English teachers’ skill and motivation in using ICTs while teaching the English language. This is a qualitative study that uses a phenomenological approach to obtain information according to Denzin (2019) in which the participants in the study included eight schools and 16 teachers at different schools in Nepal. They were selected purposefully since selecting the best participant ensures the intended information (Creswell & Creswell, 2017). The telephonic interview was conducted and open-ended questions were administered electronically and all necessary directions were provided to them so that they could respond to those questions. The findings imply that teachers should be given opportunities for training on ICT use for building up their skill, motivation, knowledge and confidence.

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN ENGLISH FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) TEACHING

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Hani Elmahida ◽  
Putri Elbalqis
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
English Language ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Efl Teaching ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Young Teachers

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) useful to support English Language Teaching (ELT) for foreign language. However, this world particularly needs human resources who mastering English material and modern technology. The objective of this paper was to examine the utilization of ICT while conduct autonomous learning also to ensure teachers' abilities in the implementation of social media technology to support English Foreign Language (EFL) teaching classes. The survey used with collecting data from several young teachers by descriptive-qualitative method. Data showed four from six respondents already known ICT as well, automatically those five young teachers have appropriate ELT tools by various social media. Basically, teachers understand how important student-centered to be conducted particularly in EFL classes. In contrast, it was not balanced with the idea to develop ICT while designing interactive modern learning classes. Then, one case was found in the previous survey to be precise with high school teachers. Senior teachers just utilize one or two ICT tools in the ELT classes. The limitation of tools could make the output and outcome of the learning process is not optimal. Furthermore, this paper shows the importance of ICT integration tools and ELT which should be mastered by teachers in 4.0 era.

scholarly journals The Effect of Using Tumblr on the EFL Students’ Ability in Writing Argumentative Essays

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 979
Author(s):  
Meiga Rahmanita ◽  
Bambang Yudi Cahyono
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Argumentative Essays

Nowadays, many information and communication technology (ICT) tools have been integrated in teaching and learning activities. In English language teaching (ELT), various ICT tools, especially those which belong to Social Networking Site (SNS) or social media, have been used as media to teach English language skills. One of these social media is Tumblr which has a mixture of characteristics of Blog, Instagram, and Facebook. This research aimed to examine whether the use of Tumblr improves EFL student’ ability in writing argumentative essays. It involved 36 students of undergraduate program in English Department of Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia. The result showed that there is a significant improvement in students’ ability in writing after being taught by using Tumblr. This leads to the conclusion that Tumblr can be used effectively to help students improve their ability in writing argumentative essays. 

Student Learning and the Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in 21st Century: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 181-185
Author(s):  
Jaspreet Singh ◽  
Amir Shamim Shiekh ◽  
Manmeet Kour ◽  
Pankaj Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Secondary Information

In the last few decades, Information Technology has transformed the entire world into a village, known as Global Village, as proposed by Marshal McLuhan. ICT has increased its influence in every field like the education sector, defense sector, technology etc. In the 21st century, information and communication technology (ICT) has become an important and integral part of most educational organizations throughout the world.. The use of ICT in classroom teaching and learning processes has become indispensable as it gives teachers and learners the opportunity to operate, store, control and retrieve data in addition to promoting self-regulated and active learning. (Ali, Haolader & Muhammad, 2013) Today we are dependent on technology and the role of ICT is increasing day by day and is believed to be a new normal. Keeping that in view, the present paper attempts to examine the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICT) and student learning. This conceptual paper  is based on secondary information collected from different sources such as books, journal articles, newspapers, reports of various government organizations, non-governmental organizations and soon.

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