The Studies on English Foreign Language Teachers’ ICT – A Review of Literature
The Studies on English Foreign Language Teachers’ ICT – A Review of Literature

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, it is universally acknowledged that Information and communication technology (ICT) plays an important role in education. This study aims to investigate research on English foreign language (EFL) teachers’ ICT competence, including pre-service EFL teachers’ ICT competence and in-service EFL teachers’ ICT competence within the last ten years between 2009 and 2018. The main contribution of this study is to find out what has been done on the topic and what needs to be further done. ERIC, Web of Science, ProQuest Education Database were searched to collect data on this topic. With criteria of inclusion and exclusion, a total of 13 studies related to EFL teachers’ ICT competence were retrieved. The results indicated that there is an increasing trend of publications on EFL teachers’ ICT competence over the last decade. The results also revealed that most of the studies concern in-service EFL teachers’ ICT competence and studies related to pre-service EFL teachers’ ICT competence were relatively few. And the target countries in the studies were Iran, Turkey, Norway, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, China, Malaysia, and Russia. To conclude, more studies need to be conducted on pre-service EFL teachers’ ICT competence and future studies need to concern other countries except the above mentioned.

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