The Use of ICT Tools in Learning English Autonomously

Arcade Nduwimana, Clément Ndoricimpa
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Over the past 40 years, there has been an increasing interest in learner autonomy. The present study was undertaken to examine the extent to which Burundians living in two major cities of the country use ICT tools and resources to improve their English autonomously. In doing so, the study first investigated the situations in which they need to use English and their current level of English regarding the different aspects. Adopting a descriptive research design, the study used a convenience sample of 239 subjects who were invited to respond to a questionnaire survey and participate in a two-day training on how to use ICT to learn English autonomously. The collected data were analysed using SPSS version 22. The findings indicated that participants still not exploit to the fullest the benefits of ICT to learn English autonomously. Indeed, 84.9% of the participants do not know what a podcast is and 66.1% of them report that they have no language learning applications on their smartphones. Besides, more than 60% of the participants have not yet tried to learn English using internet. Yet, they feel the need to use English in different situations reflecting a vast range of domains such as Medicine, Law, Economy, etc. Findings also showed that the majority of the participants have a weak or very weak level regarding the different language aspects. Given these findings, it can be concluded that there is a need to raise awareness of Burundians to use ICT tools to learn English by themselves.
ICT工具在英语自主学习中的应用
在过去的40年里,人们对学习自主性的兴趣越来越大。本研究的目的是调查居住在布隆迪两个主要城市的布隆迪人利用信息和通信技术工具和资源自主提高英语水平的程度。在此过程中,本研究首先调查了他们需要使用英语的情况以及他们目前的英语水平。本研究采用描述性研究设计,选取了239名受试者作为方便样本,邀请他们填写问卷调查,并参加为期两天的关于如何利用信息通信技术自主学习英语的培训。收集的数据使用SPSS 22进行分析。调查结果表明,参与者仍然没有充分利用信息通信技术自主学习英语的好处。事实上,84.9%的参与者不知道播客是什么,66.1%的参与者表示他们的智能手机上没有语言学习应用程序。此外,超过60%的参与者还没有尝试过使用互联网学习英语。然而,他们觉得有必要在不同的场合使用英语,反映了广泛的领域,如医学,法律,经济等。研究结果还表明,大多数参与者在不同语言方面的水平较弱或非常弱。鉴于这些发现,我们可以得出结论,布隆迪人有必要提高使用ICT工具自学英语的意识。
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