Professional development for ESL lecturers – a struggle to integrate ICT into teaching

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https://doi.org/10.18316/rcd.v14i35.10661

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EFL lecturers, ICT integration, self-efficacy, perceptions, professional development

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Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plays a crucial role in our daily life. In fact, students are considered digital citizens and have become accustomed to being always connected to their devices and the Internet. Given the importance ICT plays in our lives, education institutions nowadays have a duty to incorporate ICT into teaching and learning in order to better prepare students for 21st Century skills and careers. Although certain technological equipment may be available in classrooms, there are several external and internal factors that affect the proper implementation of ICT in classrooms. In preparing students to be career-ready, ICT integration is imperative. This paper will discuss factors affecting ESL lecturers’ professional development in terms of ICT application in the classroom. A total of 61 lecturers from 12 non-English-majored universities in Vietnam voluntarily completed this quantitative study’s survey questionnaire. The findings show that although ESL lecturers are aware of the significance of some factors affecting ICT implementation in classrooms, they are struggling to learn, to adapt, and to integrate ICT into their classrooms.

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Do Thanh Tu, MA, National Academy of Education Management, Vietnam

MA, National Academy of Education Management, Vietnam

Tran Huu Hoan, Assoc. Prof. National Academy of Education Management, Vietnam

Assoc. Prof. National Academy of Education Management, Vietnam

Ha Thanh Huong, PhD, National Academy of Education Management, Ha Noi, Vietnam

PhD, National Academy of Education Management, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Van Khanh, MA. Faculty of English Language, School of Languages and Tourism, Hanoi University of Industry, Ha Noi, Vietnam

MA., Faculty of English Language, School of Languages and Tourism, Hanoi University of Industry, Ha Noi, Vietnam

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2022-12-20

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