Abstract:
The purpose of the study is to examine the use of ICT in language class-rooms on tertiary
level students of Dhaka city. It has been considered as a good tool for teaching English to
the students towards writing, reading, listening, speaking, and performance. But to give
actual reasons of facing difficulties, the impacts on their study and finally coming up with
some possible solutions to overcome it is the main issue of the study. Universities had
been chosen as my research area and both teachers and students will be the targeted
people of this research. Qualitative method had been applied in this research. The key
instrument of this research will be interview of the teachers, Focused Group Discussions,
and Class-room observation checklist will be there.
The interview questionnaire contained twelve questions which help to gathered
information on teacher’s information, perception about using ICT in language classrooms.
The focus group discussion for students also contained twelve questions which
gathered information on general (during the middle university visit), reflection (during
activation stage in university), and reflection (post activation stage in university).
The teacher interview results showed that the teachers involve students in using ICT in
the class and the teacher should be aware of how to use and develop things when an
exercises is in progress and the students should be involved. The focus group discussion
results showed that by utilizing ICT, teachers are able to plan their lessons more
efficiently. ICT can improve teaching by enhancing prior knowledge and introducing new
ways of teaching and learning and they added that, when a teacher have used ICT as a
classroom tool. It has given many benefited to them. Limitations of the study and
significance and other area are discussed.
