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Advantages and Disadvantages of Information
and Communication Technologies
in English Language Teaching
By Sofía Gómez
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The impact of the use of Information and Communication Technologies(ICT) on the way English is taught has brought not only advantages
to it, but also, some disadvantages concerning to:
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1. Availability of technologies to be used
2. Reliability of materials
3. Employment
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1. Availability of technologies
to be used
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•Teachers and students of English can have access to the most up to date sources and information rapidly and cheaply (Holy Family).
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• Information can be found either on the internet or by using specialized software.
• Many focused exercises can be found on the net completely for free and software can be bought via internet or in any store.
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• The mandatory implementation of at least a computer would be an impediment rather than a tool.
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• Lesson planning using ICP is more time consuming than following an already planned class (Holy Family).
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2. Reliability of materials
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•Given that there are many sources from which a class can be taught, the teacher can select the ones that fit better to the students’ needs according to their age, level, and abilities.
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• Many ELT resources on the Internet can be found.Such us discussion groups, interactive book reading, sound recording, games, talking books, chat lines among others.
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• Not everything that is on the Internet can be seen as useful or reliable given that everybody can upload whatever in it.
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3. Employment
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•The use of ICT in English language teaching provides society with more jobs in areas such us:
Computer programming Systems analyzing
Hardware and software developing
Web designing
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•Teachers with no training on this technology have no access to ELT using Information and Communication Technologies, given that they don’t know how to teach classes.
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• Not every teacher is capable to update his/her knowledge on ICT when teaching English. That is because:
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-It is not possible for some teachers to update their knowledge on technologies that they are not capable to use. -The updating of knowledge becomes nearly impossible in cases in which there is no sponsor or money to pay for training courses on ICT.
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Works Cited Page
Holy Family N.S. ICT Draft Policy. Holy Family N.S., Rathcoole, Co. Dublin. 03 June 2008 <http://homepage.eircom.net/~holyfam/School-ICT.htm>.
“ICT and Teacher Training.” Teachernet.gov.uk. 7 April 2004. Department for Children, Schools and Families. 03 June 2008 <http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/atoz/i/ictandteachertraining/>.
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“Information and Communication Technologies.” Education.tas.gov.au. 11 Sep. 2007. Department of Education, Tasmania, School Education Division.
03 June 2008 <http://wwwfp.education.tas.gov.au/english/technology.htm>.
“Some advantages and disadvantages of information technology.” Smallbusinessbible.org. Small Business Bible. 03 June 2008 <http://www.smallbusinessbible.org/advan_disadvan_informationtechnology.html>.