RESEARCH AND OBSERVATION

RESEARCH AND OBSERVATION 

COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING

THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY WITHIN YOUNG ENGLISH LEARNERS

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can be used to aid young learners in the process of English Language learning.

The characteristics young learners have enhances the use of cutting edge technology many of us didn't not have access when being that age. Children learn by playing and there is a great variety of sources provided in diffferent websites to which anyone can have access for free.

In the graphic above an experience using technology with children is evident in the PROJECT: Travelling through art. It's worth having a look at it as it is explained how it was done step by step.



WHAT DO EXPERTS SAY?
David Crystal gives some insights on how technology impacts on the field of English language teaching. Here is an interview made by the BBC. Watch: Interview to David Crystal: Technology in ELT

Who is David Crystal?
He is a linguist, writer, editor and broadcaster. "He is the Patron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) and honorary vice-president of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP). He has also served as an important editor for Cambridge University Press." (Wikipedia)

A WEBPAGE I LOVE!

Learn English Kids by the BBC: You'll find amazing activities and ways on how our students can practise the language by playing.
I especially love the stories!
Learn English Kids

Go deeper into the page and see they also have Learn English Teens! See how Reading English skills can be practised by using technology!