Factors’ Motivating Teachers in the Use of Information Communication and Technology in English Language Teaching
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Department of English Education
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This study is entitled Factors’ Motivating Teachers in the Use of
Information Communication and Technology in English Language Teaching.
The main objectives of this study were to explore the motivational factors that
influence English language teachers to use ICT in ELT and to suggest some
pedagogical implications on the basis of the findings of the study. For this study,
survey research design has been used as a research design. The data were collected
from forty English language teachers who were teaching in secondary level schools in
Khotang district. Similarly, the data were collected using closed- ended survey
questionnaires. Whereas, the data were converted into percentage and kept in table
and then analyzed. The finding of the study shows that most of the teachers were
positive towards the role of motivational factors. Similarly, it shows that the use of
ICT in the classroom helped the teachers for their better teaching and learning
activities. It motivated and encouraged teachers and students to take part in teaching
learning activities actively. In the same way, regarding the implication of the ICT, the
finding shows that the government schools lacked sufficient ICT tools in the schools.
Motivational factors really encourage the teachers to use ICT in ELT classroom
teaching and learning activities. It was found that majority of the teachers said that
motivational factors play crucial role to implement the newly developed technologies
in English language teaching and learning activities.
This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with background
of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions,
significance of the study, delimitations of the study, and operational definitions of the
study. Similarly, second chapter deals with the review of the theoretical as well as
empirical literature and its implication for the study. Moreover, it also includes the
conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter deals with the methodology
adopted for the study, which covers design and methods of the study, population,
sample and sampling strategy of the study, research tools, sources of data, data
collection procedures, and data analysis and interpretation procedures, and ethical
considerations. In the same way, the fourth chapter includes interpretation of the data.
Similarly, the fifth chapter presents the findings based on analysis and interpretation
of the data, conclusion derived from the findings and recommendations. This chapter
is also followed by references and appendices.