The document summarizes a study on factors affecting lecturers' use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in English language teaching at Hanoi University in Vietnam. It provides an outline of the study, describes the university's ICT facilities and resources, and presents initial findings on actual ICT use and main factors inhibiting or facilitating usage. Key findings include that lecturers most commonly use ICT for lesson preparation and activities like listening, and that the most widely used tools are word processing, internet search engines, and PowerPoint.

1. ICT in ELT – Factors Affecting Lecturers’
Usage of ICT: A Case Study in
Higher Education in Vietnam
First Teleconference on
ICT in ELT in Vietnam
September 23, 2012
Xuan Thu Danga, Ngoc Thach Phamb, Tuyet Mai Ngoc, Van Giang Ngod
a Hanoi University, Vietnam; La Trobe University, Australia;
b Hanoi University, Vietnam; Victoria University, Australia;
c Hanoi University, Vietnam; University of New South Wales, Australia;
d Hanoi University, Vietnam; University of Adelaide, Australia;

2. Outline
• Introduction
• Research methods
• Results
 Actual ICT use in ELT
 Factors affecting ICT use
• Implications
• Questions & Comments
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3. Introduction
Importance of ICT in Vietnam’s education
ICT =
Education = top transform
priority education
quality
School year
By 2015, 100% uni 2008-2009 = year
teachers will use of ICT in
ICT in teaching education.
(Directive No.55/2008/CT-BGDĐT); (Decision No.1400/2008/QD-TTG)
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4. Study Site
HANU
Public university;
Founded in 1959
N=144
www.hanu.edu.vn
Partnerships with Australia, UK, USA, Japan & others 4

5. Facilities at HANU
18 language labs
Total 45 projectors
250 computer in
the main library
12 computer labs
with 520 computers
Total ~1000 desktop computers
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6. ICT definition in this Study
Internet
Software
Computers (Generic +
CALL)
ICT
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7. Main Research Questions
• What is the actual use
Actual ICT of ICT in lesson
preparation & classroom
use in ELT teaching at HANU?
Factors • What are major factors
which could inhibit or
affecting facilitate ICT use in ELT
at HANU?
ICT use
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8. Research Methods
Technical facilites
N = 116; Females: ~70%
Survey ICT training
SPSS
Questionnaire ICT use in language
teaching
28 questions
N = 27; ICT enablers & barriers
Leadership: 37%
Semi- ICT good practices
NVIVO structured ICT experts: 7%
Interviews ELT teachers: 56% Demographics
Why? How?
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9. Theoretical Framework
The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)
(Venkatesh, et al., 2003) (http://www.istheory.yorku.ca/UTAUT.htm)
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10. Results
ICT use Factors
For lesson Inhibiting
preparation factors
For Facilitating
classroom
teaching factors
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11. ICT Use as per Skills/Subjects
Listening 42.24%
Speaking 34.48%
Writing 13.79%
Vocabulary 11.21%
Reading 11.21%
Interpreting 9.48%
Pronunciation 9.48%
Translation 6.90%
Grammar 4.31%
Cultures & Civilisation 3.45%
Phonetics 3.45%
Literature 2.59%
Percentage of ICT use
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12. New EDO at HANU
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13. Some Listening Resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
http://www.esl-lab.com/
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/
http://australianetwork.com/studyenglish/
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/stories.htm
Windows Media Player 13

14. Some Speaking Resources
http://iteslj.org/questions/
http://www.eslgold.com/speaking.html
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15. Extensive Resources Online
http://www.youtube.com/
www.ted.com
http://www.teachertube.com/
www.thersa.org
http://www.youtube.com/education
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16. OpenCourseWare Resources
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
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17. EduNet OpenCourseWare
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18. ICT Tools for Lesson Preparation
Word processing 87.1
Internet search engine 80.2
Powerpoint 70.7
Internet download 69.8
Email 62.9
Web browser 60.3
Voice recording 40.5
Audio editing 34.5
Educational blogs 28.4
Spreadsheet (Excel) 28.4
Mindmapping 24.1
Movie making 22.4
Video editing 10.3
E-lecture making 7.8
Photo editing 7.8
Voice chat 7.8
Screencasting 6.0
Hot Potatoes 6.0
Podcast 3.4
VoiceThreads 2.6
Video conferencing 2.6
Percentage
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19. Main ICT Tools for Preparation
120.0
100 100 100 100 100 100
100.0
80.0
60.0 ICT use
usefulness
87.1
40.0 80.2
69.8 70.7 ease of use
60.3 62.9
20.0
100 98.7 98.7 97.8 98.9 100
.0
Web Email Internet Powerpoint Internet Word
browser download search processing
engine
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20. ICT Tools for Classroom Teaching
Powerpoint 63.8
Internet search engine 44.0
Web browser 38.8
Word processing 37.1
Voice recording 34.5
Audio editing 22.4
Internet download 19.0
Email 12.9
Mindmapping 9.5
E-lecture making 6.0
Educational blogs 5.2
Video conferencing 4.3
Video editing 3.4
Movie making 3.4
Spreadsheet (Excel) 3.4
Screencasting 2.6
Hot Potatoes 1.7
Podcast .9
VoiceThreads .9
Photo editing .9
Voice chat .0
.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0
Percentage
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21. Main ICT Tools for Classroom Teaching
120.0
100 100 100 100
100.0 95 96.3
80.0
60.0 ICT use
usefulness
40.0 ease of use
63.8
20.0 44.0
37.1 38.8
34.5
22.4
67.5 92 100 100 98.9 97.8
.0
Audio editing Voice Word Web browser Internet Powerpoint
recording processing search engine
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22. Basic ICT Use
ICT users: 92.2% ICT non-users: 7.8%
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23. Results
ICT use Factors
For lesson Inhibiting
preparation factors
For Facilitating
classroom
teaching factors
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24. Inhibiting Factors to ICT Use
Standard Cronbach’s Number
Scale/Factor Mean
Deviation Alpha of items
Limited access (LA) 3.61 .59 .79 4
Institu-
tional Lack of ICT training (LIT) 3.37 .82 .82 3
level
Lack of ICT guidelines (LIG) 3.15 .79 .91 2
Technical problems (TP) 3.10 .52 .68 6
Teacher
level
Increased workloads (IW) 2.81 1.04 .87 6
Lack of Leadership support
2.64 .84 .89 2
(LLS)
Note: 1 = disagree; 2 = disagree a little; 3 = agree a little; 4 = agree
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25. Facilitating Factors to ICT Use
Standard Cronbach’s Number
Scale/Factor Mean
Deviation Alpha of items
Teacher Performance expectancy-
3.79 .32 .86 9
level teachers (PET)
Performance expectancy-
3.58 .44 .81 5
students (PES)
Positive experiences (PE) 3.42 .50 .72 6
Effort expectancy (EE) 2.99 .68 .86 6
Note: 1 = disagree; 2 = disagree a little; 3 = agree a little; 4 = agree
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26. Three Implications for Practice
ICT ICT ICT
Guidelines Incentives Training
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27. Implication 1
Pedagogy
ICT Purpose
Vision guidelines of ICT use
Wide
dissemination
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28. Implication 2
Public Appropriate
recognition titles
ICT Incentives
Going to
conferences
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29. Implication 3
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
Resources
ICT Training
On-
going
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30. Acknowledgements
o Dr. Howard Nicholas & Prof. Ramon Lewis, Education
Faculty, La Trobe University, for their academic guidance;
o HANU staff for their participation in this study.
Useful ICT tools for Languages Classrooms
Shared by Nathan Lane at ICTEV 2012 Conference, Melbourne.
http://www.filetolink.com/9a1f5e3ccf
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31. Questions & Comments
First Teleconference on
ICT in ELT in Vietnam
September 23, 2012
Corresponding author:
Xuan Thu Dang
Email: xtdang@students.latrobe.edu.au
Website: http://latrobe.academia.edu/XuanThuDang
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/XUAN_THU_DANG/
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