The development and wide-spread diffusion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) give rise to reform of education system, thereby leading to the need for digitally competent teachers. The dissertation focuses on professional preparation of future lower secondary school teachers in using ICT in the context of teaching English as a Foreign Language. The aim of the study is to expand the theories of pedagogy and to implement an empirical research survey which will provide valuable information for the improvement of pre-service EFL teacher training. The research is based on interviews, questionnaire, and data from course syllabuses. The results of the study show that there are clear differences among universities in the Czech Republic in terms of the development quality of didactically specific ICT competencies in the preparation of future primary school EFL teachers.The development and wide-spread diffusion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) give rise to reform of education system, thereby leading to the need for digitally competent teachers. The dissertation focuses on professional preparation of future lower secondary school teachers in using ICT in the context of teaching English as a Foreign Language. The aim of the study is to expand the theories of pedagogy and to implement an empirical research survey which will provide valuable information for the improvement of pre-service EFL teacher training. The research is based on interviews, questionnaire, and data from course syllabuses. The results of the study show that there are clear differences among universities in the Czech Republic in terms of the development quality of didactically specific ICT competencies in the preparation of future primary school EFL teachers.