Teachers’ Attitude to the Use of Information and Communication Technology in Teaching English Language in Secondary Schools, Ibadan South East, Oyo State

This study examined teachers’ attitude to the use of Information and CommunicationTechnology in the teaching of English Language in selected secondary schools in IbadanSouth East, and applied Technology Acceptance Model. A descriptive survey research designwas adopted. The population of the study comprises of 482 English Language teachers.Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 40 English Language teachers in juniorsecondary schools and 40 English Language teachers in senior secondary schools making it atotal of 80 English Language teachers. The instrument used for data collection was structuredquestionnaire. Cronbach's alpha was used to measure the questionnaire’s internal consistencyreliability (coefficient= 0.76). Descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used to analyzethe data collected. Results revealed that the respondents had the highest level of proficiencyin the use of 'internet facilities' (mean=3.08). Results further revealed that majority (92.5%)of the respondents had favourable attitude towards the use of ICT tools. Results of Analysisof Variance (ANOVA) show that at P≤0.05, there was a significant relationship between thegender of respondents and their attitude towards the use of ICT tools (F= 6.261, P-value=0.014). The study found that while teachers in the study area have a positive attitude towardsusing ICT tools for teaching English Language, most of them lack proficiency in using them.It was recommended that secondary schools with ICT tools should make use of them inteaching English language, and in-service training should be conducted for teachers toeffectively integrate technology into their lessons.