AN INVESTIGATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING VIRTUAL RESOURCES-BASED WITH A FOCUS ON HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS

Abstract

The advancement and development of new technologies have impacted the whole world, especially in relation to the progress and advancement of information and communications, one of these advances is the digitization of education, which has been inevitable in the community of learners immersed in the world wide web, with distance learning giving new opportunities for education. Internet resources based on different new information and communication technologies shape some features of the educational process, which allows for the application of a learner-centered cognitive, communicative and socio-cultural approach to English language teaching at the higher education level. The present research work presents the results of the perception of the students of the Higher School Polytechnic of Chimborazo, on the use of virtual tools to support them in learning English. The research was carried out with a quantitative approach through the analysis of data obtained in the statistical software RStudio, the product of the application of a virtual survey of a population of 40 students. The results indicate that students perceive positively the use of technologies to support English language learning and are aware of how these tools can help them acquire skills to master a second language.