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This study examines English Language lecturers’ current level of ICT integration in TESL teacher training and the varying predictive effect of demographic factors such as age, teaching experience, gender and level of education on ICT integration. The study also sought to determine the extent to which the observed variability in ICT integration could be predicted by these factors. The theoretical framework for the study is drawn from a review of the literature on factors that enhance and impede ICT integration. The sample comprises 267 respondents working at the English Language Unit of various teacher training institutions. Survey questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data which was analysed using descriptive statistics, Spearman’s rank order correlation, multiple regression, and reliability analysis. The finding of the study indicates that overall Faculty ICT Integration has a Mean of 2.61 and a Standard deviation of .537. This statistics indicate that ICT integration among the respondents in teaching English is average. The study also found age, gender and experience are not impounding factors as all three variables were found to be benign in its effect on ICT Integration in this study.
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Narasuman, S. (2016). An Analysis of the Effect of Demographic Factors on the Level of ICT Integration. In: Fook, C., Sidhu, G., Narasuman, S., Fong, L., Abdul Rahman, S. (eds) 7th International Conference on University Learning and Teaching (InCULT 2014) Proceedings. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-664-5_1
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