Personal Reflection

How do technologies enhance my language learning ?

Learn at my comfort from anywhere at anytime

Everyone learns at their own pace, so using technological tools and resources can also provide some relief for students who may be shy or embarrassed, and provide students with a space to learn more about the courses and topics they want to focus on. Through interactive learning, the learning process is more fluent, and I can integrate different learning methods into my lesson plan and learning path, in the right place. Therefore, I can choose whether to follow structured courses which are conveniently broken down into 10-15 short lessons, or I can bypass the structured course and head to a specific lesson on idioms, or animals, or adjectives, or just about anything else that I can think of. It is, quite literally, in my hands! Additionally, as I can get the app on the smart phone or tablet and I can take them with me wherever I go. I can pull out my phone at any time during the day when I have a spare time of 10-15 minutes; waiting in the bus queue, during the bus or train journey, whilst waiting for a meeting to start or while waiting to pick someone up. In short, one of the most obvious advantages of using technologies to learn language is that I can set the pace and rhythm of my learning.

Interactive learning

The use of technology as much in the classroom as outside makes the students feel much more motivated, using devices with which they can practice a language through features such as voice recognition, games for vocabulary, grammar lessons, storybooks and audios and interactive multimedia exercises. For young students it is much more stimulating to learn with a tablet or smartphone than with a traditional textbook and its CD of practice exercises. Technology in language learning transforms students from passive recipients to active learners and allows more profound and enriching linguistic immersion. Students can study their English course using a variety of comprehensive apps which are able to synchronize even without the internet.

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