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TEACHING ESP WITH ICT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY USE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING Evriklea Dogoriti, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Ioannina, Greece This study sets out to give a general overview of the availability of technology for foreign language (FL) teaching and learning today, to outline the various uses of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in the higher education sector and to point towards future developments and possible implementation in the teaching of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) in higher education in Greece. The study aimed to examine teachers’ perceptions, motivations and engagement with learning technology in their ESP classes. Participants were 75 university teachers of ESP in 6 universities and one technological institute. This study highlights the need for more extensive ICT use in ESP. The majority of those surveyed (56%) used textbooks for their classes while only 39% took advantage of using ICT in their classes. At the same time 89% reported positive expectations of ICT use in foreign language learning.
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