LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 17:1 January 2017
ISSN 1930-2940

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New Technologies in Teaching English

Dr. P. Sreenivasulu Reddy, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Abstract

It is apt to mention that New Technologies such as computers and networks are now being used in classrooms for instruction in composition, literature, decoding, reading comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, grammar usage, punctuation, capitalization, brainstorming, planning, reasoning, outlining, reference use, study skills, rhetoric, handwriting, drama, in short, for every area of language arts.

There are also programs specifically designed for learners in preschool, primary, upper elementary, middle school, high school, and college grades, as well as those in adult, English as a second language, foreign language, bilingual, special needs classes, home schools, and organizations such as libraries and museums.

Keywords: Teaching English, use of new technology, various functions of technology

Introduction

These wide-ranging applications of technology raise the question, “What role should the computer, the Web, and other new communication and information technologies play in language arts teaching and learning?” The research in this area overlaps considerably with that of other research on technology in education. It has been a process of discovery, and at times, of contention between rival camps.

There are divergent conceptions regarding whether, why, and how these new media are to be used for instruction. This is not surprising given that there is no clearly identifiable thing to be evaluated. Turkle (1984) has suggested that the computer acts like a Rorschach ink blot test in the way it evokes diverse responses from people. She argues that these responses tell more about people than about the computer.

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Dr. P. Sreenivasulu Reddy
Assistant Professor of English
GITAM University
Beach Road, Gandhi Nagar
Rushikonda
Visakhapatnam 530045
Andhra Pradesh
India
sreenupydala@gmail.com
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