Assessment of The Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Teaching English Language in Primary Schools in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT: This research work is an assessment of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats ofInformation and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching English language in primary school pupils inMangu Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted forthis study. Closed ended questionnaire were used as instrument for data collection. The data collected wassubjected to face and content validity and reliability index. The instrument was given to three experts in Englishlanguage, test and Measurement and ICT in the Faculty of Education, University of Jos. The reliability of theinstruction was done through pilot testing with two primary schools using Cronbach Alpha Correlation coefficient with 0.86% as the result. The datawas analyzed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS)version 25. The use of the frequency and percentage in a tabular form and chi-square were utilized. The majorfindings of the study revealed that unavailability of computer hardware and software, lack of electricity, dearthof ICT experts and lack of Internet connectivity to improve the teaching and learning of English language areserious challenges. The study recommends among others that:Provision of adequate ICT resources, funds andconstant training and retraining of teachers for effective and efficient teaching and learning of English language.

KEYWORDS: ICT, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,threats, English Language, Primary school teachers