ICT and the four major language skills: An interdisciplinary study of teachers' attitudes towards ICT as a teaching tool

Abstract

The aim of this survey is to provide a descriptive report of upper secondary school teachers' attitudes towards ICT and their actual use of it in class in relation to the teaching of the four major language skills. It illustrates differences between the different language skills in comparison to each other. The primary source for this research is a quantitative survey in the form of a questionnaire, carried out among English teachers at upper secondary school. The result shows that teachers have different opinions about the usability of ICT depending on the different language skills. It also indicates that the teachers' actual use of ICT is different for each language skill. Furthermore, there were no significant correlations found between the respondents' age, gender or work experience as a teacher and their opinions towards ICT. However, the result suggests that the school's ICT policy has an influence on the teachers' use of ICT and their general attitudes towards it.