USE OF ICT FOR LEARNING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Mónica Lizbeth Maciel Gómez1*, María del Rocío Alcántar Carranza2, Claudia Islas Torres3, Juan Francisco Caldera Montes4

1Miss., Universidad de Guadalajara, México, mony-liz-97@hotmail.com

2 Dra., Universidad de Guadalajara, México, mcarranza@cualtos.udg.mx

3 Dra., Universidad de Guadalajara, México, cislas@cualtos.udg.mx

4 Dr., Universidad de Guadalajara, México, jfcaldera@cualtos.udg.mx

Abstract

Although in the actually we face a totally globalized world, the system of teaching and learning of the English language still important faces challenges that require be attendant for the actors involved in this educational process; to strengthen this activity, the Technologies of the Information and Communication and the social networks have had a significate influence to motive the learning of a second language, because allow a better critical handling of the information that has available. In such a way that from the above, it was proposed to realize a study to know the problematic that the students of the career of International Business have to learn and use adequate technologic tools for the learning for the English language. This research was carried out under a quantitative methodology, descriptive, not experimental and transversal character; it designs an instrument ad hoc that was applied to the 74% of the students of the career of International Business of a Mexican university, who were studying third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth semester. For the interpretation of the results were realized correlations of data and was utilized the T of Student with the crossed boards to find differences between the opinion of the respondents. The results show that, the students with higher age consider that use the ICT and study out of the classroom help and motive the learning of the English language; for its part the 53% opine the they would like to practice the learned in class through electronic games; the 96% prefer watch movies, to the 87% like utilize audios and the 69% prefer utilize social networks and platforms. The above shows a tendency on the part of the students in the use of the technologies, it points out that receive classes in a physical classroom it doesn’t always motivate them to learn English, nevertheless, they insure.

Keywords: Learning, English, Technologies, Students


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CITATION: Abstracts & Proceedings of SOCIOINT 2018- 5th International Conference on Education, Social Sciences and Humanities, 2-4 July 2018- Dubai, UAE

ISBN: 978-605-82433-3-0