ASSESSMENT OF ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TOWARDS THE LEARNING OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, AMINU SALEH COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, AZARE, BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT:Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a vital toolfor teaching and learning. ICT is changing the learning situation of the teaching and learning process of the teacher and the learner from teachercentered to an inciting and interactive learner-centered approach. ICT has become the most desirable tool in anyfield of human endeavour. The success of ICT in any learning institution depends on the attitudes of thestudents,teachers, and the usefulness of the technology for the purpose of daily learning improvement.This study is adescriptive survey. It examined the attitudes of the students of English Language towards ICT in College ofEducation(COE), Azare, Bauchi State Nigeria.Four research questions tagged Attitudesof English studentstowards ICT(AESTICT)which guided the researchers in collating data across NCE 1, 2 and 3 in EnglishDepartment COE Azare. Two experts in the field of ICT and English Language in the Faculty of EducationUniversity of Jos validated the questionnaire. Reliability of the questionnaire were tested at 0.05 level ofsignificant usingCronbach Alpha Reliability coefficient of 0.87%.The frequency counts, simple percentage,mean and standard deviation aspect of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 wasemployed. The study found that students have poor attitude towards ICT as a result of inadequate ICT resources,poor access to the internet and utilization of ICT for learning purpose. The study recommended among othersthe provision of funds, adequate and functional ICT resources, effective internet facilities and training andretraining of lecturers with ICT skills for effective learning in the 21st century education by government andinstitutions of learning.

Keywords:Attitudes, ICT, English Language, ICT-Pedagogy, teaching/learning process