EFL Teachers’ Perceptions and Challenges in Integrating ICT in English Teaching in High Schools

Sarah Elmira Assagaf

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This research aimed at investigating the English teachers’ perceptions and challenges in integrating ICT in ELT in high schools. The quantitative research method was applied to gain the objectives of finding the views of English teachers on the ICT integration in their ELT class and the level of challenges they faced during the implementation. The data were collected through a 5-Likert scale questionnaire to identify the views and the level of challenges in integrating ICT. Participants in this research were selected using the purposive sampling technique to involve English teachers in high schools in Brebes regency who have used ICT in their class. This research includes 23 respondents from English teachers who joined the English Teacher Organization, known as MGMP (Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran). The data were analyzed based on the average score of responses on the perceptions and challenges. The results showed that the English teachers involved in this research perceived the integration of ICT in English teaching in the aspects of teaching techniques, teaching materials, students’ learning, and information access as a positive act to do. Meanwhile, they viewed challenges they faced during the implementation as the limited time, and technical support and maintenance of the facilities related to the ICT media used in teaching.

Keywords: ICT integration in ELT, EFL teachers’ perceptions and challenge


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12928/iucee2024.v3i2.15284

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