Task 1: The importance of ICT in ESO

SUMMARY OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF ICT IN ESO

Information and Communication Technology, commonly called ICT, is a key element within the Curriculum in ESO according to the LOMCE, the current Spanish legislation on Education, and it is part of the Block 5 in which the transversal elements are described.

Currently, ICT is a key element for all educational stages and all the subjects. In particular, the use of ICT in ESO, the Compulsory Secondary Education, and Bachillerato in Spain and in the English subject has become something essential in the teaching-learning process, because it is an important communication element, helps the students´ self-learning and gets the students to develop the ability to search for, obtain, process and communicate information, and transform it into knowledge. Also, this transversal competence involves the use of technological resources to solve problems efficiently, keeping a critical and reflective attitude when evaluating the available information.

Therefore, the use of ICT in the teaching of the English language is fundamental so that the students learn a foreign language in the today´s society.