In the United States of America alone, people have shifted from the traditional and into the new not only just in living but also with researches and education. There are of course a lot of disadvantages in using such especially in research and in education like tremendous start-up expenses, copyright issues, objectionable materials and other potential disadvantages of technology. Much research was conducted to the effectiveness of technology as well and not just the effectiveness. This was the main idea of the whole text. It would answer the questions: Do we need technology in language classrooms? And what kinds of services do computer technologies provide for these classrooms? Web-based writing instruction was first focused in the text as
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Before, they had to go to trips just to expose the students to the natives for the whole summer. With the advent of the internet, they can save money and time for the trips since they only have to face the computer to meet the natives. This will also make the status of the school good as it give importance and prestige to language learning. These actually answered the first question: Do we need technology in language classrooms? The answer is yes. First, language is ever-changing. With the internet especially social media, we will be acquainted of what is in and out of the current language. Second, there is a paradigm shift from behavioural to constructivist knd of learning. As Li Wang said, Language is a living thing, so the best way to learn a language is in interactive, authentic environments. There were assumptions that she has stated these are:
• Learning is an active process
• Problem-solving is the …show more content…
Here are the five ways that Li Wang answered to such question.
• Word Processing- to engage in writing, prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, saving, printing, inserting tables and graphics, and publishing will become easier with technology. Much of its functions are automatic and suggestions will be given if an error is found. A student can learn from such errors.
• Technology texts – traditional books that are printed could be potentially replaced with the use of technology. There are reading materials in the internet that is consist of multimedia that can motivate reluctant speaker to read. The internet is also a source of contemporary literature that the students can relate to.
• Publishing student’s work. Students would always be motivated if they would know that whatever they made would be seen by others. Technology can make this faster and easier just like posting it in web pages and blogs and making newsletters and posters.
• Communication through the internet- the internet is consisting of a lot of chat rooms. This can aid their learning by using these chat rooms to communicate with other EFL learners or the native speakers themselves. They would be interested in learning their cultures as well since they are actually talking to another person outside the
Before, they had to go to trips just to expose the students to the natives for the whole summer. With the advent of the internet, they can save money and time for the trips since they only have to face the computer to meet the natives. This will also make the status of the school good as it give importance and prestige to language learning. These actually answered the first question: Do we need technology in language classrooms? The answer is yes. First, language is ever-changing. With the internet especially social media, we will be acquainted of what is in and out of the current language. Second, there is a paradigm shift from behavioural to constructivist knd of learning. As Li Wang said, Language is a living thing, so the best way to learn a language is in interactive, authentic environments. There were assumptions that she has stated these are:
• Learning is an active process
• Problem-solving is the …show more content…
Here are the five ways that Li Wang answered to such question.
• Word Processing- to engage in writing, prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, saving, printing, inserting tables and graphics, and publishing will become easier with technology. Much of its functions are automatic and suggestions will be given if an error is found. A student can learn from such errors.
• Technology texts – traditional books that are printed could be potentially replaced with the use of technology. There are reading materials in the internet that is consist of multimedia that can motivate reluctant speaker to read. The internet is also a source of contemporary literature that the students can relate to.
• Publishing student’s work. Students would always be motivated if they would know that whatever they made would be seen by others. Technology can make this faster and easier just like posting it in web pages and blogs and making newsletters and posters.
• Communication through the internet- the internet is consisting of a lot of chat rooms. This can aid their learning by using these chat rooms to communicate with other EFL learners or the native speakers themselves. They would be interested in learning their cultures as well since they are actually talking to another person outside the