Use of technological tools in the English teaching- learning process in the Ecuadorian rural sector

ABSTRACT

This research aims to explain how the use of technological tools influences the development of English language skills in students of basic general education in a rural fiscal institution in Ecuador. The importance of developing skills such as writing, reading, listening, and speaking, leads to deciding the support of technological tools in a context in which education was forced to be virtual due to the Covid-19 pandemic. For this, the research approach is mixed, qualitative under an interview with experts and quantitative by collecting data through a pilot plan with eighth grade students, starting from a diagnostic test and later after the use of English language skills. The results show a notable difference in the development of skills with scores between 7 and 8, followed by scores between 9 and 10, which denotes the positive effects on students of the correct use of Educational Technological Tools.