The use of ICT in teaching English as a foreign language

Authors : Dilek Çakici

Pages : 73-77

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Publication Date : 2017-12-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :During the last two decades, the integration of ICT in language education has become a major interest of topic in language educational realm. Research findings over the past two decades provide some evidence as to the positive effects of the use of information and communications technology (ICT) on students. EFL teachers are expected to adopt a new view of their roles and professional development in the rapidly changing modern society.  It is needed to explore particular skills required for ICT to enhance language learning. The use of ICT as a teaching tool emphasizes obtaining, analysing and organizing information, by this way giving chance students to get in touch with different kinds of media. Integration of ICT necessitates deciding on the use of different  ICTs in each skill, the types of ICT applications to be used, planning the favourite activities, managing problems arising from the activities planned, and so on. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be regarded as a new model of teaching and learning.. This review study is framed around to provide a deep and clear understanding about use of ICT in teaching English and examine ICT to meet the new educational demands of the current era. Namely, the aim of this paper is to present a comprehensive review as to advantages and disadvantages of using ICT as an instructive tool in EFL classrooms. Based on aforementioned considerations, this review study aims to shed light on how ICT contribute to English learning process and help identify the factors influencing the success implementation of ICT. Furthermore, the certain major suggestions will be made to maximize beneficial use of ICT in EFL classroom settings.
Keywords : foreign language learning, CALL, information and communication technology