THE INEVITABILITY OF ICT TOOLS IN THE PRACTICES OF ELT: AN OVERVIEW IN INDONESIA

Abstract

The study is to investigate the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools and multimedia to carry out discovery, discussions and instructions to change the role of teacher in teaching and arrange students to participate appropriately. The study is conducted through mini survey given to some preservice teachers who enrolled in ICT and ELT subject to grasp their own perspectives to the experiences in ELT practices using ICT as the tools. The main finding of the study aims to promote interaction between teachers and students by having the ICT tools so that educator’s mindset could change from the messenger of informational instruction to the operator of instruction. The study explains the challenges and opportunities of using ICT tools in teaching English language in implementation. Moreover, the study wants to show some English students attitude towards the ICT in language teaching approach. Finally, the conclusion is drawn as per the review of literature indicated.