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 Volume 9, Issue 4 (April 2022), Pages: 15-27

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Attitudes and skills of Tamil language teachers towards the use of ICT in teaching and facilitation

 Author(s): Tamilmullai Thannimalai 1, Kartheges Ponniah 1, *, F. M. Nawastheen 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Languages and Communication, Sultan Idris Education University, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia
 2Faculty of Education, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2955-0607

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.04.003

 Abstract:

This study was conducted to find out the attitudes and skills of Tamil teachers towards the use of Information and Communication Technology in Teaching and Facilitation. To achieve the objectives of the study, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was used. This study is a quantitative study involving a survey. The present modern world meets a lot of challenges in adopting technology in education. Teachers find the modernized use of information and computer technology (ICT), as a difficult task. Many works have been carried out in the field of ICT-related teaching and learning throughout the globe. These researches talk about the use of computer-based teaching aids, motivation to use technology among teachers, stages of using ICT, training for teachers, facilities available, and school infrastructure. When compared with other studies, this study deals with the attitudes and skills of Tamil language teachers in using ICT. The findings of the study also show that the cooperation of all parties is a factor behind the success of implementing ICT in Tamil teaching and facilitation. And also, the usability factor (PU) is also a motivator for teachers to show a positive attitude towards the use of ICT. 

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Students, Tamil, School, ICT

 Article History: Received 22 October 2021, Received in revised form 31 January 2022, Accepted 5 February 2022

 Acknowledgment 

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Thannimalai T, Ponniah K, and Nawastheen FM (2022). Attitudes and skills of Tamil language teachers towards the use of ICT in teaching and facilitation. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(4): 15-27

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