Open AccessTHE ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES USAGE FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING AT UNIVERSITAS BANGKA BELITUNG
Author(s) -
Herland Franley Manalu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of applied linguistics and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2503-524X
DOI - 10.33369/joall.v4i2.7774
Subject(s) - the internet , process (computing) , competence (human resources) , mathematics education , quality (philosophy) , computer science , english language , information technology , foreign language , knowledge management , psychology , world wide web , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , operating system
The use of Information Technologies (IT) tools has become very important requirements for teachers and students nowadays in achieving academic goals in higher education. The harness of computers, internet, e-mail, multi-media and other IT tools is indispensable and has a great influence on the process of language teaching and learning in an effort to improve the quality of education and to produce best human resources that not only having good competence in foreign language but also possessing great capabilities in the use of Information Technology to face the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. The study seeks to find out the frequency and the purposes of IT usage by students and lecturers in the English learning environment. A questionnaire containing questions about the frequency and the use of IT in the teaching and learning process was disseminated to the students and the lecturers of the English Literature department at the University of Bangka Belitung. The study reveals that the lecturers and students show a positive attitude towards the use of IT tools and the harness of the tools in the process of teaching and learning is believed to be very useful.