Technology and Language Learning

This book, Technology and Language Learning, offers a unique way for budding foreign language teachers as well as learners to gain the skills they need to succeed in their teaching and learning process with the use of technology. In language teaching and learning, we have a lot to choose from the world of technology: Radio, TV, Computers, CALL, Internet, Email, Blogs and Audio Cassettes, Power Point, or Videos. The last two decades have witnessed a revolution due to onset of technology, which has influenced the way people interact and work in the society. This rapid rising and development of information technology has offered a better pattern to explore the new teaching and learning model. As a result technology plays a very important role in English teaching. Using different sources of technology to create a context to teach and learn English has its unique advantages. This book tries to analyze the necessity of multimedia technology to language teaching and also brings out the problems faced by using these these technologies. It also aims to make English teachers aware of the strategies to use it in an effective manner. This book, Technology and Language Learning, offers a unique way for budding foreign language teachers as well as learners to gain the skills they need to succeed in their teaching and learning process with the use of technology. In language teaching and learning, we have a lot to choose from the world of technology: Radio, TV, Computers, CALL, Internet, Email, Blogs and Audio Cassettes, Power Point, or Videos. The last two decades have witnessed a revolution due to onset of technology, which has influenced the way people interact and work in the society. This rapid rising and development of information technology has offered a better pattern to explore the new teaching and learning model. As a result technology plays a very important role in English teaching. Using different sources of technology to create a context to teach and learn English has its unique advantages. This book tries to analyze the necessity of multimedia technology to language teaching and also brings out the problems faced by using these these technologies. It also aims to make English teachers aware of the strategies to use it in an effective manner.