Using of ICT technologies to teach English language

     Khausova K.B.

L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

 

 

            Information and communication technologies today have transformed the way humans communicate as well as doing things. In education, ICTs play vital roles in facilitating teaching and learning. They have transformed classroom communication methods and modified instruction strategies. Also, ICTs have made teaching and learning interactive and collaborative instead of the traditional teacher- talking and students listening approach. Large class sizes are common phenomenon almost word-wide. In order to achieve quality education in large classes, teachers have to take extra steps. Also, teachers of English Language utilize ICTs in teaching almost every aspect of English Language teaching. From my point of view, this study through qualitative approach has described the way multimedia devices are used to facilitate the teaching and learning of English Language in large classes. It has also pointed out the how the internet technologies (email and websites) can be utilized in teaching learning English in Large classes. Therefore, in spite of large class sizes, the teacher can still perform as in small classes with the aid of information and communication technologies. Literacy in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is fundamental to life in our modern technological society. To equip students to be literate lifelong learners and global citizens of the 21st century we must successfully integrate ICT into both the English curriculum and English pedagogical practice. Now, ICT has been used in almost all fields of life, including in education [1, 12].

          The utilization of ICT in education has recently started to appeal the potential and significant progress in language learning. It has become a major issue in education world and has been used from preschool through to university that could facilitate students and teacher in teaching and learning process.   The computers play significant role in the learning process especially in learning language. The technology in this era has been grown up not only from the quality but also the efficiency. They are moving fast without any limit from every product. The need of technological innovation has brought the communication revolution and rapid development of technological application in teaching and learning. This technology made contribution on improving language communication in the world. Every school in abroad has used the ICT to facilitate the teacher to teach the students in the classroom. Many kinds of application that they use in the classroom improved and enhanced the better lesson.

           ICT covers any product that will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receiving information electronically in a digital form. For example, personal computers, digital television, email, robots. So ICT is concerned with the storage, retrieval, manipulation, transmission or receipt of digital data. Importantly, it is also concerned with the way these different uses can work with each other. ICT as a whole can be described as the utility of technology to support the effort of conveying information and communication particularly in the area of education. The technique includes digital technologies mostly of electronic information – processing technologies, such as computers, internet, mobile phones, networks, broadband, and so on.

b. The benefits of ICT in general

ICT is found to be advantageous in several ways as mentioned by Herington, (1) technology facilitates exposure to authentic language; (2) technology provides the access to wider sources of information and varieties of language; (3) technology gives the opportunity to people to communicate with the world outside; (4) technology allows a learner – centered approach; (5) technology develops learner’s autonomy. ICT help people in order to get information and to communicate each other in wider range[2,56].

c. ICT Tools in Language Context

There are some kinds of technologies classified into information and communication technology commonly used in language context, such as:   Interactive multimedia

  C:\Users\DULATKAZ@MAILRU\Desktop\eBeamEngage_Edu.pngInteractive media is the integration of digital media including combinations of electronic text, graphics, moving images, and sound, into a structured digital computerized environment that allows people to interact with the data for appropriate purposes. The digital environment can include the Internet, telecoms and interactive digital television.

 C:\Users\DULATKAZ@MAILRU\Desktop\computer girl gary.jpg Computer can be utilized with other multimedia learning devices or it can stand alone (a standard PC) and still serves its basic purpose as an electronic medium of language learning.

Computer is an electronic device which is capable of receiving information (data) and performing a sequence of logical operations in accordance with a predetermined but variable set of procedural instruction (program) to produce results in the form of information or signals based on Oxford dictionary. It is consist of CPU, monitor, keyboard and some other apparatus.

·                     Audio devices

C:\Users\DULATKAZ@MAILRU\Desktop\Types-of-Audio-Devices-300x204.jpgAudio devices can be used with other media to form an interactive multimedia. However, it can also be utilized separately as independent tool. Audio devices include speaker, earphone, CD, and etc.

·                     Internet

C:\Users\DULATKAZ@MAILRU\Desktop\images (2).jpgInternet can be used as a medium of language learning through email, www (world wide web), text, audio and video conferencing.

·                     Television

C:\Users\DULATKAZ@MAILRU\Desktop\television_17512_600x450.jpgAccording to Oxford dictionary, television is a system for converting visual images (with sound) into electrical signals, transmitting them by radio or other means, and displaying them electronically on a screen.

·                     Telephone

This telephone medium has not been widely used for language teaching because of the poor quality of analogue transmissions. However, there is new invent of digital quality and lower connection cost which potential for conference calls.

 C:\Users\DULATKAZ@MAILRU\Desktop\çàãðóæåííîå.jpgMobile gadgets such as cell phone and smart phone which are equipped with programs like computer, which enable it to perform as mini personal computer. By using this gadget and its internet connection, everybody could enjoy chatting, browsing, and discuss each other with the wider range. The advancement of science and technology makes the size and price of those gadgets are getting cheaper and reachable.

·                     Interactive whiteboard

C:\Users\DULATKAZ@MAILRU\Desktop\images.jpgAn interactive whiteboard or IWB, is a large interactive display (such as a touch screen monitor) which is connected to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computers’ desktop onto the board’s surface, where users control the computer using a pen, finger or other devices.

Advantages:

1.                 The information required will be more quickly and easily accessible for educational purposes.

2.                 Innovation in learning is growing in the presence of e-learning innovations that further facilitate the educational process.

3.                 Progress of ICT will also allow the development of virtual classroom or classroom-based teleconference that does not require the educator and learners are in one room.

4.                 System administration in an institution will be more easily and smoothly because of the application of ICT systems.

Disadvantages:

1.                 Progress of ICT will also occur of violation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for the easy access to the data that is causing people plagiatis will commit fraud.

2.                 Although the system of the administration of an educational institution like a system without a gap, but if there is a recklessness in running the system would be dangerous.

3.                 One of the negative impact of television is to train children to think short and survive concentrated in a short time (short span of attention)[3].

 

 

 

Conclusion

In sum, not all lessons can be incorporated into the Internet. In teaching using the Net, we have to convince that using the Net adds something new, some real value to our teaching. But also, students should be trained to use the available technology efficiently. We should collaborate with other teachers in the school and in the system, because cooperation and mutual understanding is very important especially when the school has few Internet accounts. Through the net, the student can communicate or collaborate with other students or experts in the field across geographically boundaries. Moreover, they can join a news group on a particular topic of interest. What is most interesting about the Net, as far as communication is concerned, is that it is race, age, national origin, and gender blind. The Net also enables students to publish projects’ findings to be seen by their peers around the world. This might give some students the motivation they need to complete their work on time, to be mindful of their language. Therefore, every student can benefit from a Net communication project.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.    Hartoyo (2008). Individual Differences in Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Semarang: Pelita Insani Semarang, p12-24

2.    Victoria L. Tinio, (1999). Modificating teaching through ICT. The American journal. 12, p56-63

3.    Ebiefung, Aniekan. 2000. Teaching Using the Internet. University of Tenneessee at Chattanooga. Retreived on July 02 2009, from: cecasun.utc.edu