Students’ Perceptions of the Utilization of ICT in English Learning: Way or Barrier?

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the students' perceptions of the utilization of ICT in English learning. One hundred and thirty-four students of a private university in South Sumatera were involved as participants of this study. The questionnaires were administered to gain a portrait of students' perceptions. Based on the findings, it was figured out that ICT promoted learning activity, maintained learning motivation, and increased learning achievements. However, ICT potentially hindered students' focus and exposed students to data misuse. These contrary results lead to the discussion on how to maximize the positive impacts of ICT utilization and minimize its potential negative impacts. Several recommendations were formulated such as conducting correlational research to find out the relationship between ICT use and students' English achievement or investigating the effects of ICT implementation on students' English learning achievement through experimental design.

The Effective Use of Online Resources in Improving Students’ English Grammar Skills in the EFL Classes at the Tertiary Level

“…In addition, due to the exhaustive amount of data and information available online, more than half of the participants felt that it was difficult to find suitable learning materials from the wide ocean of resources. Similar findings were recorded by Irzawati and Hasibuan [23], where the participants perceived the possibility of misusing of data.…”

“…Similarly, 75% of the participants accepted that online activities were interesting and motivated them to learn English. Similar findings by Aljumah [18] and Irzawati and Hasibuan [23] confirm the positive perceptions of students on utilizing the online resources in learning English. The study further revealed that the students expect their language teachers to incorporate web-based activities in their teaching.…”

“…Similarly, the potential benefits of blogs as powerful pedagogical tools were investigated by Hamuddin and Dahler [22], and most participants admitted that their English language skills improved when they used blogs. In another study by Irzawati and Hasibuan [23], though the 134 student participants had a positive perception that utilising ICT in learning English motivates and promotes their learning skills, they also thought that it could negatively affect their attention and lead to misuse of data.…”

Examining Dr Ecrip-ICT Based Technique on Students’ Literacy During the Covid-19 Pandemic

“…This technique promoted learning activity maintained the students' learning motivation and increased speaking achievement using ICT. It is contrary to Hasibuan in [26] that said the students' perceptions of utilizing ICT in English learning potentially distracted the students' focus and caused data misuse.…”

Exploring the students’ perceptions of the integration of web-based and non-web-based ICT in ELT at the vocational high school in Indonesia

“…However, integrating ICT is crucial for enhancing academic procedures in vocational education (Aryani & Siahaan, 2020). ELT aims to enhance students' English language competency, and since technology can aid language learners, it should play a significant role in their academic pursuits (Irzawati & Hasibuan, 2020). Therefore, understanding students' perceptions regarding ICT integration in ELT in vocational schools is essential.…”