Perceptions and Practices of ICT Tools in ELT
Date
2021
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Faculty of English Education
Abstract
This thesis entitled "Perception and Practices of ICT Tools in ELT" attempts to examine
the situations of ICT use in English language teaching and explore perceptions and practices
of Nepalese EFL teachers in using ICT tools in the community schools of Dharan. The
objective of the study was to examine the situation of ICT tools on English teaching. To carry
out this research, I have followed mixed method design under survey research. To collect
data, I have prepared Close Ended and Likert Scale test items related to the use of ICT tools
in ELT classes and perception and practices were tabulated statistically and descriptively
analyzed. To achieve the objective, I have selected 42 English teachers from communitybased
schools
of Dharan
sub-metropolitan
through
non-random
judgmental
sampling
procedures.
As
a
practice
it
is
found that
73.8
percentage
teachers
used
ICT
tools
for
their
ELT
(see
table
1 & appendix
III)
52.3
percent
teachers
have
ICT
access
at
their
home,
Likewise,
23.8
percent
teachers
use
laptop,
52.3
percent
teachers
use
mobile
phone,
and
16.66
percent
teachers
use
multimedia
projector
in
their
EFL
classes.
(see
table
7),
Similarly,
it
is found that 35.71
percent
teachers
strongly agree
and
35.71
percent
teachers
agree
and
28.57
percent
teachers
disagree
on
their
perception
while expressing
on ICT
devices
like
mobile
phones
help
them
to
understanding
English
words and
sentences.
(see
table
17
&
appendix
IV)
This research study consists of five chapters: introduction, review of related literature,
methodology, results and discussions and findings and recommendations. The first chapter
introduction contains general background, statements of the problems, rational of the study,
objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study and delimitations of the
study. Similarly, second chapter deals with review of the related literature, implication of the
reviewed literature and conceptual framework. Chapter three includes methods and
procedures of the study, sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedures, data
collection tools and procedures, data analysis and interpretations. Forth chapter is result and
discussions of the data. In this section situation of the use of ICT tools in ELT classes and
perceptions of teachers on the use of ICT tools in ELT was analyzed. Some statistical tools
such as average and percentage have been used to analyze the data. Finally, findings of the
study were drawn. Finally, fifth chapter consists of findings and recommendations of the
study. Reference and appendices are presented at the end of this chapter.
Description
Keywords
Community schools, English teachers