Zhunusbaeva Aida Zhanybekovna, Toromamatova Mirgul Myktarbekovna

Jalal-Abad State University. Philology Department

Modern Educational technologies in English language learning.

English is an International and official language and it is a language of employability. It is a crazy language for all learners and users. English language learning depends on various factors which are related to effective teacher, effective teaching and effective teaching methods. So English language teaching plays a significant role in language learning and gaining its objectives. So English teacher has to give up traditional methods and has to adopt innovative methods to teach English language. English teacher has to play various roles like facilitator, communicator, motivator, mentor, and guide and build bridge between theory and practice. He should have minimum idea on pedagogical knowledge which is what teachers know about teaching their subjects. Pedagogical knowledge such as creating and providing learning atmosphere, arousing interest, motivating students, enable the use of technology in teaching, creating positive vibrations towards learning, creating stress-free environment etc. pedagogical knowledge enriches the teaching effective.

So the teacher plays a key role to enable the students good at English language. And the teaching is challenging to the teacher in modern era. The innovative methods are helpful to face the challenge, shows how these innovative methods make the teachers efficient and how these are helpful to students to learn English in effective manner.

The main aim of learning English is to acquire simple, natural and live English. So the aim of teaching should be linguistic, practical and language acquisition. The modern trends in English language teaching helps the students learn faster and in efficient and interesting manner. It is the teacher responsibility to leave old methods and follow new methods for the benefit of the students.

Technology has greatly improved our lives in all aspects over the years. Technology has made sharing and spreading of information easier and faster. Thanks to technology, education is now made easier by providing the opportunity of learning from your home allowing learners to take courses at their own pace. It has also opened education to learners with learning disabilities and in remote locations. We have always tried to encourage learners to learn about things through language. Getting learners to do work about topics that are of interest to them, or topics that are taught in other parts of the curriculum is a great way to improve their skills. Technology makes this possible wherever you are in the world. Teachers and learners can go online to read or listen to material about different areas of interest, and can then write or speak about what they have discovered, telling others in the class or other classes elsewhere in the world.

As we know education is a systematic and organized process of applying modern technology to improve the quality of education. It is a systematic way of evaluation of the educational process, learning and teaching and help with the application of modern educational teaching techniques. It includes instructional materials, methods and organization of work and relationships, and the behavior of all participants in the educational process. Today’s children use modern technical equipment from an early age, so that their coming in with new educational technologies at school will not be a problem. In studies, we can find out that more students use modern technical equipment. Modern technologies can be an extremely useful resource for teachers and learners of foreign languages.
Instructors increasingly exploit these pedagogical tools, the real story seems to be the way students use them to acquire foreign language competency. The Internet itself has unlocked a world of opportunity for students. Information and ideas that were previously out of reach are a click away. Students of all ages can connect, share, and learn on a global scale.

Using computers or other forms of technology can give students practice on core content and skills while the teacher can work with others, conduct assessments, or perform other tasks. Since computers are still not widely used in many schools, the teaching process is dominated by traditional methods. It is dominated by the frontal form of work where the teacher had enough interaction with students.

Using technology in the classroom can allow teachers' to effectively organize and present lessons. Multimedia presentations can make the material more meaningful and engaging.

Over the past several decades, studies analyzing the relationship between technology and foreign language learning have tended to focus on several key issues, including motivation, reading and writing and research language learning.
Studies indicate that students introduced to these kinds of resources were more apt to use them independently at a later date. In the same way, there is some evidence that writing blogs helps students learns independently while also developing intercultural knowledge and linguistic skills. In this way they not only improve their writing skill but also obtain understanding of the culture of the target language. Language teachers should update their skills with training on the use of technology, including computers, multimedia, and smart boards in the language-learning classroom. Instructors should also urge their students to use technology for language learning; the Internet especially can be fruitful for language learning.
Watching YouTube videos, using instant messengers, writing e-mails and using Skype can help students improve all four language skills.
These trends support the larger concept of lifelong learning, especially with respect to learning foreign languages in or out of the language classroom.
There are various types of technologies currently used in traditional classrooms.

Students would also agree that technology, in this case computer, allow for more control over their learning. Some of the special characteristics that mobile learning presents to its users are connectivity, speed, and accessibility. With benefits like these, mobile learning has the ability to offer more to education than has been available before. With easy access to the Internet, classrooms are more flexible to adapt to surrounding students who have different needs.
Interactive Whiteboards: An interactive whiteboard that provides touch control of computer applications. These enhance the experience in the classroom by showing anything that can be on a computer screen. This not only aids in visual learning, but it is interactive so the students can draw and write on the interactive whiteboard.
Educational technology provides the means to focus on active student participation and to present differentiated questioning strategies. It broadens individualized instruction and promotes the development of personalized learning plans in some computer programs available to teachers. Students are encouraged to use multimedia components and to incorporate the knowledge they gained in creative ways. This allows some students to individually progress from using low ordered skills gained from drill and practice activities, to higher level thinking through applying concepts creatively and creating simulations. In some cases, the ability to make educational technology individualized may aid in targeting and accommodating different learning styles and levels.

There are two categories of teachers in the understanding of educational technology. Some of them have thorough understanding of modern technical appliances and their operation while others think it is necessary for them to gain additional technical knowledge of the appliances and methods, teaching methods, student-teacher relationship... These two groups represent a group of teachers between older and younger teachers. Older teachers during their study did not have the possibility of training with modern technical appliances, did not have the information technology, educational technology... while the younger generation of teachers possess the knowledge required for the use of educational technology.

For a better understanding of educational technology requires a set of computer science, pedagogy, psychology, informatics... The knowledge teachers possess is sufficient for a basic use of education technology. However, educational technology is one big system. First of all, teachers have a basic knowledge of the use of educational technology. It takes far more professional training through a variety of conferences, courses, professional works, seminars... in order to get a better knowledge in the use of educational technology. Teachers have to be motivated to use the same because the use of educational technology in teaching provides better interaction with students, better reception of information because the students receive knowledge visual, auditory and kinesthetic way. Among other things, an educational technology motivates students to work independently where the student is more motivated to return to learning and working because modern technical equipment is widely available at any given moment.
The presence of educational technology is growing in the classroom. The new generation of kids comes ready to work with these new technologies, which play an important role in children’s learning and acquiring various cognitive knowledge so that educational technology must be incorporated into future curricula. The application of educational technology enhances skills. With the help of new technology comes an explosion of learning and receiving new information, especially on mobile devices.

Teachers have been using new technologies in the classroom. However, the development and application of new technologies grows as a measure that is the question of whether teachers are trained to keep up with them. Here we have two problems. Are the teachers having the ability to use educational technology and whether the school is sufficiently equipped with all modern technical means? Numerous studies were carried out, some are still ongoing, but we have to find the right strategies to apply educational technology in teaching. So the English teacher should be friendly and follow latest trends in English language teaching to teach effectively. He should be innovative and make the students innovative. English teacher can develop employability skills and integrated language skills in students by following modern trends in English language teaching.

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