What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Using The Internet In Teaching English As A Foreign Language

Firstly, advancing of internet lead to convenient for students to receive informations which are able to influence students’ idea or view more directly. By giving lecture to impart knowledge, teachers’ forms of teaching are always monotonous for students to receive, although they can use projectors or hold some activities in class. By contrast, on the internet, informations appear as not only the forms of documents or articles, but also forms of audio, movies, cartons, computer games, pictures and motion graph. With multitude types of forms, students tend to choose the best way for themselves to understand and remember. Nowadays, it is impossible for us to live without internet, which means internet has already been full of the world, so that it is now affecting every people

In contrast, the only barrier that teachers and students face when it comes to technology is accessibility. In certain areas and social classes, students do not have access to technology, mainly internet access, at home. Which may limit the use of technological devices to a school setting. There are many programs in place to give students access to internet outside the classroom, and hopefully allow students access to educational tools to allow them a better education.

This section of the encyclopedia talks about what students and teachers can contribute to online learning environment. It talks about who the average online learner is and the online relationship between the student and the teacher, and the student and their peers. Above all the author stresses that thinking differently is important to make online education work.

Technology is the crucial factor for education sector to maintain all the data and information more effectively and efficiently. Increasing dependence on the technology is adjusting student-teacher cooperation with the progression of time (Candace, 2004). Nowadays, people use computers and internet for learning different programs. Internet helps students to find their own answers without the help of the teachers. Information technology like internet is increasing the opportunities to learn new things more easily and quickly. There are various online libraries that help the students and teachers with reading materials. Students can also post their work online for the teachers to read and grade. For instances: Westcliff university is using GAP (online system) where the student can see the question and post their answer online and the teachers can check the students work online as well. Information system has brought advancement in learning process with the help of audio-visual education. Nowadays, most of the students are taught with projectors and speakers with the help of power point presentation. In today’s technological world, most of the education sector utilizes the latest technology and software so as to enhance the overall learning experience of the students (Pandey,

This Journal conducts a student survey which aims to record “students opinions about the impact of the Internet on education, at studying the various ways in which it affects informal learning and identifying the

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a variety of computer and Internet techniques that can be utilized into the Information Age classroom and curriculum as a tool for teaching and learning in modern educational systems.

With internet existence, E-learning that is internet-based computerized learning is designed to facilitate learning and improve its quality anytime and anywhere (Gell-Mann, 1996; Alonso, López, Manrique, & Viñes, 2005).

Education is the basis and foundation of knowledge for almost every being living in the current world. Due to diversification and adversities, many suitable teaching and learning techniques are being advanced to cater for each and every person’s knowledge quest. Technological advancement has also spearheaded development of education among nations. Professional learning communities, and webinar are some of the trending learning techniques in many developed countries (Marshall, 2002). This manuscript seeks to give a deeper insight on aspects associated with English Language Learners (ELLs) in view of a classroom scenario.

In this globalization era, the internet or the virtual world has becoming more complicated and has the potential by showing more effective platform of various collaborative activities which includes academic and education purposes. The intention and the desire regarding the uses of internet world are all about the uses of the internet.

According in the past Technology wasn’t the main source of learning English but in nowadays, with the aid of technology advancement and growing rapidly. Therefore, technology can be used to improve my skills as it may affect our future. First is digital technology for learning English. From the British Council, Innovations in learning technologies for English language teaching, to help teacher and learner can learn independently, the necessary ‘languaging’ [1] to help learners learn by themselves for more comfortable by using developed devices such as watching English in YouTube channel, search in Google and watch some movie without Thai-sub. As more and more because electronic book or e-book [2] are available online by your device, the reader can easily to purchase and read from the screen as same as printed book, however, you should connect to the internet to download it but after that and can stay offline then it make me comfortable to begin reading from it which has many types of book such as cartoon,

Learning English via Internet is easier than ever. With the ease of using technology, you can practice speaking, reading, listening and writing skills from your home or your place of work .There are many institutes via Internet offering high quality, innovative, and effective methods of teaching in different languages with the encouragement and mutual understanding and respect between different cultures. Institutes create teaching programs that allow students to acquire basic skills and the growth of their personality in understanding themselves and the environment By engaging students in discussions and work on exciting and important issues, institutes strive to enable students to improve their foreign language and the development

Technology brought many changes in every aspect of one’s life in 21st century. It showed its impact in both English languages learning and teaching. Content-based method, chalk & talk method, Grammar and translation methods are replaced with task-based method, E- teaching, Direct method and communicative approaches etc. The role of English teacher became prominent in developing language skills of students in modern era. So the teacher has much responsibility to make the students good at English language. He has to play different roles like mentor, motivator, counselor, facilitator, guide, student-friendly teacher etc. Teacher has to adapt a student-centered approach to teach English language. Then students get ample opportunities

In teaching and learning of a language, there is a lot to choose from the world of technology: 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. The last two decades have witnessed a revolution due to onset of technology, and has changed the dynamics of various industries, and has also influenced the industries and the way people interact and work in the society. This rapid rising and development of information technology has offered a better pattern to explore the new teaching model. As a result technology plays a very important role in English teaching. Using multimedia to create a context to teach English has its unique advantages. This paper tries to analyze the necessity of multimedia technology to language teaching and also brings out the problems faced by using these technologies. It also aims to make English teachers aware of the strategies to use it in an effective manner.

Economical:-Acquisition of English language through technology is very cheap and economical as it is available at a number of resources online as well as on other places. So anyone can access them without having to shell out a lot of money.

Therefore, with the viewpoint of the writers it elaborates that mobile devices, internet and graphical games are the three types of e-learning that has created curiosity, a sense of social interaction and eagerness to learn new thing among students and the content of these technologies are based on recent curriculum. This helps a student to follow well defined instructions and to share opnions and discussions online for better assessment.