Summary of Journal 14

Prospective EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of ICT Integration: A Study of Distance Higher Education in Turkey

Murat Hismanoglu

Akdeniz University, Faculty of Education, Department of Foreign Languager Education, Division of English Language Teaching, Antalya, Turkey

This study investigated the perceptions of prospective EFL teachers in the distance higher education system toward ICT implementation in teaching English as a foreign language. There are 85 participants who were in the final year of 4-year program of bachelor degree. They are asked to fulfill questionnaires. Then, there are 22 participants who agreed to be interviewed. The result show that despite having basic computer skills, prospective EFL teachers in distance education were not confident in using the technology to improve their own productivity and bring about a pedagogical change in their teaching methods. This study suggested for the next research to explore how prospective language teachers perceive ICT integration in language instruction. Furthermore, studies that compare and contrast perceptions of prospective EFL teachers in formal education contexts with those of prospective EFL teachers in distance education can be done.