Teachers’ Efficacy With the Use of Technology in Teaching English

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the common technology being used by the participants, their perceived efficacy level in using technology, and the challenges they face in using those. The research utilized a descriptive method through purposive sampling technique to select the 30 teachers from different private schools in San Pablo City during the Academic Year 2020-2021. A researcher-made questionnaire was used in gathering data. The respondents identified smartphone as hardware device they commonly used while the software apps commonly used were zoom as videoconferencing software app, web browsers as reference software app, and social networking sites as forum software apps. On the other hand, the respondents perceived that they have high level of efficacy with the use of hardware devices. They also have high level of efficacy in using each type of software apps (videoconferencing software, reference software, and forum software). In addition, the result showed four major challenges they faced in using technology; keeping up with changes, fixing troubleshoots, slow internet connection, and lack of familiarity. The results lead to the development of a guidebook, titled “Hi Teach” which may be put into evaluation and validation process to determine its possible strength to be utilized in different classroom purposes.