TEACHERS’ BARRIERS OF USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN TEACHING ENGLISH: A CASE STUDY OF ENGLISH TEACHERS AT ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL MU’ALLIMIN MUHAMMADIYAH BANGKINANG

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This study investigated the barriers faced by English teachers in using
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching English at Islamic
boarding school of Mu’allimin Muhammadiyah Bangkinang. The objectives of
this study were to explain the barriers faced by teachers and to explore the causes
of the barriers in using ICT. This study was qualitative study incorporating a casestudy approach. Purposeful sampling technique was used to select the participants
of this study. These participants were 2 English teachers, the Headmaster and the
Biology teacher at Islamic boarding school of Mu’allimin Muhammadiyah
Bangkinang. The instruments used to collect data were a questionnaire and
interviews. The data were analyzed and interpreted through qualitative
procedures. The results showed that English teachers faced some barriers when
integrating information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching English.
Those barriers were lack of confidence, lack of competence, lack of time, lack of
effective training and lack of accessibility. Moreover, these barriers occurred
because of some factors that were related to each other. Through this study, the
teachers are expected to further deepen their know

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