☻ICT IN ENGLISH TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESSES☻

☻ICT IN ENGLISH TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESSES☻

1. Technology in a classroom

   • New electronic media, the associated hardware, networks, and software that enable teachers and learners to work with them
     • To construct teaching products
     • Assists students' self expression
     • Helps communication
     • Encourages inquiry

2. 5 roles

   • To bring real-world experiences
   • To provide scaffolding that allow students to participate in complex cognitive tasks
   • To increase opportunities to receive feedback
   • To build communities of interaction
   • To expand opportunities for teacher development

3. ADVANTAGES

   • Rich banks of resources and information
   • Sense of modernity and progress for teacher and learners
   • Offers multi-media capabilities
   • Can be used whenever and wherever learners and teachers wish
   • Can be motivating.
   • Facilitates distance learning

4. DISADVANTAGES

   • A lot of time and energy
   • Can be a distraction from actual learning targets
   • Can take learners too far in individualised learning and create isolation
   • Limited to computer access
     • Technical problems can sometimes be very annoying and computers can crash frequently
   • Totally computer illiterate or not so keen on using ICT in their academic activities

5. Tools

   • Hardware
     • Television
     • Radio
     • Overhead projector
     • Language laboratory
       • Audio-Active-comparative language lab. (A. A. C.)
       • Audio Active Laboratory
       • For listening and understanding
   • Software
     • Web 2.0 Applications
     • Simulators and testing programs
     • Multimedia presentations
     • Films

6. Groups of the games used in foreign Language Lessons

   • On-line creative acting, role-playing
   • Didactic on-line games
     • Communication with a specific educational goal
     • Repetition
     • Satisfaction from participation

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