Technology in Language Teaching
I was reading Matthew’s article about connecting learning across the world and made me remember my first ICT lesson in my last practicum. I asked my students to email Peruvian students in order they can share and discuss similarities and differences between the school life in Peru and Australia. My students were fascinated and very motivated to do this work. Of course they were attracted to use the new technology but also the opportunity to communicate students with different backgrounds and practice the language with native speakers. Definitely, I believe technology integration in second language teaching demonstrates the shift in educational paradigms from a behavioral to a constructivist learning approach. Because language is a living thing, so the best way to learn a language is in interactive, authentic environments. Finally, computer technologies and the Internet are powerful tools for assisting these approaches to language teaching.
