LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 18:6 June 2018
ISSN 1930-2940

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Emerging Technologies and the Evolving Roles of Language Teachers:
An Overview

Dr. Khushboo Kuddus, Ph.D.

Abstract

The tremendous growth of technology has significantly affected the field of education and specifically language teaching and learning. The adoption of information and communication technology along with the latest technological trends in language teaching is phenomenal. On one hand, the successful integration of technology in Language teaching has significantly improved the learning outcome by making the teaching and learning process active, interesting, interactive and engaging and, on the other hand, it has brought a paradigm shift in the system of education and the in the roles of both teacher and students. The present paper focuses on importance of integration of emerging technology to language teaching and learning. Majorly, it attempts to highlight the evolution in the roles of a teacher which is the demand of present time and which could protect a teacher from getting redundant in the classroom. It also discusses the importance of teachers being equipped with ICT skills and the continuous updating and upgradation of the skills for effective integration of technology in teaching.

Keywords: Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Educational Technology, Emerging technologies, Evolving roles of teachers, ICT skills.

Introduction

There has been a remarkable growth in Information and Communication Technology over the past few decades and the significance of it in the field of education cannot be neglected. Both technology and globalization have brought a significant change in the social and educational environment. The internet has brought together people from different parts of the globe with different cultures and languages. One of the great advantages of globalisation and advancement in technology is that the learners get more opportunities for language learning in real life situations. The rapid development in the field of technology has made language learning easier and autonomous. Now learners can easily enhance their language skills with the help of emerging technologies at their own pace, space and time. Our students are definitely more tech- savvy than the teachers and so they are more exposed to the target language and the native speakers of the target language through several applications and software. They have access to the world’s entire information through their smart phones. In this dynamic environment where learners have access to information and learning resources, can chat with the native speakers of the target language virtually and thus get exposed to the target language and can also learn through free video lectures by experts on YouTube, the language teachers have to evolve their roles with the ever-advancing technologies. They need to keep themselves updated and upgraded in order to work effectively in the evolving educational and social environment. In the present scenario, being proficient in the target language is not the only prerequisite for being an effective teacher but being competent in using technology in classroom is also equally important. In this paper, we will examine the paradigm shift in the roles of teachers which the adoption of technology in language learning demands for and also how the language teachers brave the emerging technologies by being equipped with the required technological knowledge and skills.

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Dr. Khushboo Kuddus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Humanities
KIIT University
Bhubaneswar
khushboo3133@gmail.com

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