How do students of Psychology use ICT for the reading-comprehension ofacademic text written in English?

Abstract

This work is framed in the Research Project “Academic- scientific Communication: texts: Contexts, resource and pedagogical interventions at university”. The purpose is to know which ICT resources the students have, the use and the frequency with which the students of ESP use them for their homework and classroom activities. Data were collected by means of questionnaires designed by teachers of the Teacher Training and ICT Major of the Ministry of National Education. A random sample of 20 students enrolled in the abovementioned course of the School of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, National University of San Luis was selected. Results show that most of the students have computers and wi-fi access but that the use they make of them is not for academic purposes but for social ones such as taking part in social networks, in chats or receiving or sending e- mail. This would imply that the training of these NET students is not in line with the new literacies needed to take full advantage of the ICT for academic training.