International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 7

Wise Usage of Technology in English Language-A Study

  • Author:
  • M. Parvathi
  • Total Page Count: 16
  • Page Number: 144 to 159

Assistant Professor of English, Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Madanapalle, (A.P), Chittoor (dist)-5, Andhra Pradesh, Affiliated to JNTU, Ananthapur

Online published on 25 October, 2016.

Abstract

As we are in the 21 century-a century with latest technology, the entire world is following the technological advancements. Even in language teaching and learning, we have to a lot to choose and implement from the world of technology. Here, we are facilitated with Radio, TV, CD Rom, Computers, C.A.L.L., the Internet, Electronic Dictionary, Email, Blogs and Audio Cassettes, Power Point, Videos, DVD's or VCD's. This onset technology revolutionized the last two decades and has changed the dynamics of various industries. It also influenced a lot people and work in the society. We are sure that this rapid rising and the revolution of Information Technology has promptly offering better designsto explore the latest teaching methods. Hence, technology plays a very significant role even in English teaching and learning. We have multimedia with unique advantages to create a contextual activities to teach English. So, my paper purposes to study the need of multimedia technology in language teaching and learning and some problems surfaced by the usage of these technologies to style our English teachers conscious of the new strategies to use this technology in an actual and real ways.

Keywords

Technological advancements, Multimedia Technology, English Language Teaching and learning, pros and cons, strategies