Use of ICT tools in the EFL classroom and their impact on students' motivation

Abstract

[eng] Nowadays, the world in which we live in cannot be imagined without new technologies. Undoubtedly, ICT tools and devices have become one of the foundations of our society and part of our everyday lives. Therefore, and considering the expansion of all these tools, the field of education has also been shaped and transformed. Indeed, when social media and ICT devices are introduced in the educational field, the way in which students learn and educators teach changes inevitably. The purpose of this dissertation is to describe and analyse the use of ICT tools in some EFL secondary classrooms, studying the approaches of both teachers and students. Furthermore, this paper also attempts to determine if a correlation between the use of ICT devices and students’ motivation actually exists. Therefore, several research instruments have been applied to collect data for the present study, such as student questionnaires, teacher interviews and classroom observations. Moreover, a didactic proposal was put forward, which involved the creation of a blog which allowed to present the students’ work and interventions. Indeed, the use of this blog has been crucial to try to determine if the correlation mentioned above between ICT tools and students’ motivation exists. Apart from the blog, several other tasks which involved the use of social media and ICT devices have also taken place.