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ELT : Education and Technology : David Crystal.

ELT : Education and Technology : David Crystal. Hello readers! Here is my blog on David Crystal's video about Education and technology. In his three particular videos he talks about The effect of new technologies on English. The biggest challenge for English language teaching in the times of the internet and texting is 'Good' for English language. Video 6 : David Crystal : The effect of new technologies on English. In this video he talks about the effect of new technologies on English. Technology always influences language. In the 19th century telephone arrived. people don't know what to do with the telephone. Telephones were going to be the biggest disaster in society. So new technology sometimes becomes a disaster also. Examples of new technology. Technology arrived  Wide web - 19991 Google - 1990 Email - 2000s Text message - 2000s Instant message - 2000s Blogging - 1997 Blogged - 2003 Facebook - 2004  YouTube - 2005 Twitter - 2006. This are the examples of new techno...

ELT : Web 2.0

  ELT : Web 2.0  Hello readers! Here is my blog on ELT paper topic  Web 2.0.This task is our Academic task given by Dilip Barad sir.  Introduction : Web 2.0 tools are free digital programs that can be used for creating and sharing student-generated projects and products. They are interactive, multi-purpose, easy-to-use digital platforms that encourage students to collaborate with each other or create and share individualized response products. What is Web 2.0 ? " Web 2.0 is the term used to describe a variety of web sites and applications that allow anyone to create and share online information or material they have created."  " When it comes to defining web 2.0. the term means such internet applications which allow sharing and collaboration opportunities to people and help them to express themselves online." List a few web 2.0 tools which can be used in teaching LSRW English language. Web 2.0 tools can very broadly be defined as end-user applications that requi...

ELT : Education and Technology

  ELT : Education and Technology Hello readers!  Here is my blog on ELT: education and technology. Here is the main Message from videos that we take into consideration the context of Technology in education and ELT. The main Message that you take into consideration the context of Technology in education and ELT. Video 1 : Sir Ken Robinson : Changing Paradigm.  Every country on earth at the moment is reforming public education. There are two reasons for it: the first of them is economic and second is culture.   The problem with the students is that current system education was designed, conceived and structured for a different age. It was conceived in the intellectual culture of the enlightenment. In this video by Ken Robinson two types of Academic are there.. Academic (smart people) and NonAcademic (Non smart people). Smart people being besieged with information and porce their attention from every platform, computers from laptop, from Iphone from advertising and...

History of CALL, MALL - Mobile assisted language learning. Refer to Article by Agnes Kukulska - Humle and Lesley.

History of CALL, MALL - Mobile assisted language learning. Refer to Article by Agnes Kukulska - Humle and Lesley. History of CALL : Definition of CALL (computer assisted language learning) : CALL is that accomodation it's changing nature is any process in which a Learner uses a computer and as a result, improves his or her language. CALL's origins in the 1960s. In the 1970s CALL projects were confined mainly to universities, where computer programs were developed on large mainframe computers. The PLATO project, initiated at the University of Illinois in 1960, is an important landmark in the early development of CALL. In the 1970s the arrival of the personal computer (PC) brought computing within the range of a wider audience, resulting in the development of CALL programs and a flurry of publications. The characteristics of each phase of CALL , the corresponding linguistic/psychological frameworks, technologies, activities and merits/demerits, and the role of the computer in ...

ELT2: Warm-up session : Technology and Teachers.

  ELT2: Warm-up session : Technology and Teachers Hello readers! Here is my blog about Technology and Teachers. Here is one question: Can technology replace Teachers ? So here are some questions. # What shall teachers do so that they are not replaceable by technology? We can assume that teachers are replaced by technology in upcoming technological life. But without a teacher we aren't able to learn life skills. We can get much more knowledge through technology but not be able to gather life skills which is also very important.  So, what shall teachers do so that they are not replaceable by technology ??? Teachers shall be friends of students. Teacher will have to remember and understand that Google is not their friend. But Today's teacher shall know the language and capabilities of Google. Nowadays maybe teachers should not be more information giver but they shall be connectets of dots in this network area and teaching life. So they are not replaceable by technology but they a...