The final evaluation of

the IT competence of
language teachers

New Approaches to Foreign Language Teaching in Turkey and

Latvia- ICT in Language Classes

Participants (99)
80

Age of participants
70

71
70

60

60

60

50

50
40
40
30
30

20

20

20
12

10

13
10

12

2
0

Primary school

Secondary school

University

below 30 31-35

36-45

46-55

56-62 above 62

Length of PedagogicalService

Subjects
6; 6%
8; 8%

23; 23%

5; 5%
12; 12%

23; 23%

8; 8%

22; 22%

36; 37%

54; 55%
1-5years
21-25 years

6-10 years
over 25 years

11-20 years
Latvian

English

French

German

Russian

Education

Is there a computer and /or projector in your classroom?

15; 15%

1; 1%
40; 40%

8; 8%

58; 59%
76; 77%

Bacheloor's degree
Master's degree
Doctor's degree

Yes
No
No, but I can get if I need

Do you have an Internet access in your classroom?

Does your educational institution hasits own management system, suchas Moodle?

5; 5%

20; 20%

3; 3%
3; 3%

74; 75%
93; 94%
Yes

Yes
Yes, but very slow

No

No, but we use the system of

other institution

No

What is your attitude to the use ofICT in the teaching process?

10; 10%

1; 1%

6; 6%
5; 5%
2; 2%

12; 12%

Positive
Neutral
Im interestedin it, but Ilack knowledge
I'm too old for it

63; 64%

Negative
Its not bad, but I can getalong without it.
The use of ICTis useful but time demanding

ICT skills and work with ICT

Do you use ICT technologies in everyday work with students?
8; 9%
8; 9%

Do you prepare your lesson materials using ICT?

12; 12%
3; 3% 3; 3%

2; 2% 1; 1%

22; 22%

59; 60%

68; 78%
Yes, regularly
Yes, but not regularly
Sometimes
Hardly ever
No, I use chalk and board

Yes, regularly
Yes, but not regularly
Sometimes
Hardly ever
No, I use books and xerox only

For what kind of activities do you use ICT in the teaching process?
100 94

50

90

45

80
70

What is the necessary time for preparing the materials for one lesson/ lecture in order to use ICT?

43

75
40

68

67

59

60

38

35

50

30

40
30

28

25

26

20

20
10
0

18

15
10
5
0

An hour

2 hours More than 2 hours

How much time of lesson/ lecture do you spend using the computer? (teachersopinion)
10; 10%

Use of ICT at the lesson(students opinion) (%)

35; 9%

10; 10%
45; 11%

5; 1% 5; 1% 10; 2%

120; 30%

3; 3% 1; 1%

30; 30%

45; 45%
183; 45%

1% or dont use at all Less than 10%

Abaut 20 %
About 40 %
About 50 %
About 75 %
the whole lesson

1% or don't use at all

About 20 %
About 50 %
the whole lesson

Less than 10 %
About 40 %
About 75 %