Friday, 23 September 2011

Technology and Second Language Teaching


Technology is useful things which are not strange for people right now. People already get used to with technology and used it in their daily life. When you are learning language in a classroom, you will find many technologies such as speaker, laptop, lcd projector, etc but the main technology that really familiar is computer. Based on the history of technology and language learning, each teacher has their own language type and each type has its own technology such as grammar translation method, its own technology is blackboard, audiolingual method with audio-tape and the last is communicative language teaching which have the terms of how the best integrate technology into the classroom. 

Email and website are the most favorite part of technology used in the classroom. Actually, the usage of technology has advantages and the advantages. Technology can be a useful thing if you use it on the right way. It can save your money and your time. You can just sending email to submit your assignment without meet the teachers. Technology can be a monster, if you really depend on it. Once you do not use or have a contact with it, you just feel like life is difficult. You can not life and do many things without technology. Sometimes, technology just makes your life difficult. Teacher right now should be proud of the progress of technology because they should not explain to the student about what is technology, the kinds and also the function because students right now are native of technology. Since they were a kid, they learn about technology by themselves. However it is, teacher should know more about technology to control their students’ attitude toward technology.

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