Through the
years, technology has been changing; and increasingly, it’s much easier to have
access to a computer. This because of the fact that computers had changed our
life in a extraordinary way; like the way in which we get information, the way in
which we communicate or we have contact with others. Long time ago, computers
had a limited used, but now are a big source of help.
Something
that I liked from this article was, the little history of how computers changes
the process of language learning since 1960, giving to teachers tools to change
the traditional way in which, students were sitting in a classroom copy from
the board what teacher was writing. The article describes three stages of
Computers and Language Learning (CALL). The first one, describe the start in
which computers were seen as tutor, with which students could learn at their
own pace, using translations test and grammatical explanations.
The second one, describe a way in which
students had interaction with others, to arrange words and texts to extend
their knowledge. In the last one, was a process which integrate a group of full
skills (listening, speaking, writing and reading) with the use of technology
that was born from the thought of looking for a way in which students could
learn at an authentic environment, using task-based and project-based.
On the
other hand, something that calls me attention was the changes in the role of
teachers due to the fact, that teachers aren’t the only help o service to
acquire a language anymore, because of the influence that computers have been
taking every day; a question that I still have is if it is possible that this profession
disappear in the future? Because technology had given us many grammar and
vocabulary drill programs available also, given to students, additional time to
performer their language learning outside the classroom, those advantages could
change the system of learning that we know. However, we cannot deny that technology has facilitated the language learning process, therefore, computers are the best teacher support today.
Hello Hazel,
ReplyDeleteYou've done an excellent job summarizing the information from the article. The question about our profession is quite interesting. Whay is your point of view about it? Do you think that the teaching profession is endangered because of the advancements in language learning tools?
hello miss, well i think that there is a big possibility, if you can see, there are online subject,in the many universities, if that happend now, in some years, in a few years you might not need to be present in a class.
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