Information and Communication Technology in English Language Teaching: Some Opportunities and Challenges

Autor/in	Poudel, Ambika Prasad
Titel	Information and Communication Technology in English Language Teaching: Some Opportunities and Challenges
Quelle	In: Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 14 (2022) 4, S.103-116 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2151-0393
Schlagwörter	Information Technology; Access to Education; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Technology Integration; Learning Activities; Cooperative Learning; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Educational Improvement; Barriers; Language Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; College Students; Educational Opportunities; Developing Nations; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationstechnologie; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Lernaktivität; Kooperatives Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland
Abstract	The integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education has brought dramatic modifications in the paradigms and methods practiced in the developed countries. In recent years, the exploitation of ICTs in teaching and learning has been expanded in developing countries too. This study has made an attempt to explore the opportunities and challenges of using ICTs in English language teaching (ELT) in higher education in Nepal, a developing country in Asia. The English language teachers and students from two different colleges were the informants in this study, and interview and focus group discussion were used as the research methods. The study concluded that ICTs were useful for the participants in their teaching and learning activities mainly for accessing learning resources, preparing and presenting their lessons, and for conducting collaborative learning activities. However, it was found that the informants were not satisfied with their utilization of ICTs in teaching and learning of English. Access to ICT tools, and the skills needed to use ICTs were the main problems for them in the integration of ICTs in ELT. Therefore, these constraints need to be minimized to improve the integration of ICTs in ELT in higher education in Nepal. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01