Nowadays emerging technologies represent a potential for teaching English as a foreign language, though they are not used or explored as it should be. This is not a claim against traditional language classes. However, in an increasing technology-based world it is still usual to find out English classrooms as if emerging technologies have had no existence or that ignore them as rich means of tools that can be helpful for EFL students to improve their skills. Perhaps English teachers lack mastering in dealing with so many resources that can be used in classrooms or even for extra classroom activities. Anyway real reasons for that are subjects for other discussion. It is important to explain that when we refer to emerging technologies, it means especially those mediated by computers and that have in Internet its deep-seated icon.
For now it is important to detach a special resource of Internet-based technologies - its world video networks widespread in a great number of languages from everywhere. Regarding the billion of videos ranged into the cyberspace (despite of the doubtful quality and utility of some of them), Internet videos represent the direct access of users for a technology previously mediated only by the mass media corporations. It is a clear signal of the free-access-based cyber-democracy that a worldwide computers net like Internet makes coming up for consensus, debates and reflections.
The need for constant exposure in the target language would be not a problem if EFL speakers could always travel for English speaking countries or live there time enough for developing and improving their skill languages. Nevertheless it is not the reality of a large amount of EFL students. A great difficulty which can meet in many of those students is their lack of ability to really do well in a conversation with native speakers because of their problems with listening skill. When in a real situation of speaking, words and phrases intonation, rhythm and stress sound far differently of shallow mechanic conversations of actors speech recorded in studios used in EFL classrooms. The genuine sounds of an interaction in real English are changed all into an acoustic smudge for many EFL learners when dialoguing with native speakers and it is not difficult to hear from their frustration and despair.
Internet videos are precious useful resources to help in the listening process acquisition and fill the blanks that constant need for language exposure demands when the learner does not live in an English speaking country. For instance, in a video systematic locus like YouTube, at present the most prominent video network, the possibility of finding out every kind of speech genre is led to an unlimited account. News videos, movie thrillers, music, tv shows, interviews, home made videos, lectures, informal conversations, only to mention a few number of all sorts of genres in different accents of every region of the globe where English is spoken are representatives of the affluence of choices possible to work in English classrooms. Besides listening, it is possible to work with other abilities concerned to pronunciation and phonetics, vocabulary acquisition, speaking and to use creativity for a range of activities that shows students the multiple potential of working with new technologies tools like Internet videos. It is also a step for EFL students to work with their autonomy related to their learning.
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ОтветитьУдалитьModern computer technology has made possible a new and rich learning experience.
ОтветитьУдалитьThe development of network has made possible a variety of activities that extend the walls of the traditional classes.
Dramatic advances in computers, in digital memory, in internet resources, in audio and visual transmission, in virtual imaging, and in wireless communication have created intriguing new possibilities for the use of technology in the teaching of English.
ОтветитьУдалитьIt helps both teachers & students to plunge into English atmosphere and contributes to broadening our horizons.
These technologies help to cope with the main problem of English learners - to speak English like native language. It is still the most quick and productive way to learn the language and speak it.
ОтветитьУдалитьThe right usage of videos from the Internet can give a great number of possibilities for teaching in EFL classes. We can listen to the native speakers and it is rather important. We can listen to the pronunciation, to new vocabulary and to the way of speaking at all.
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