Nudiya A. Farha

Introduction for ICT in Language Learning

In the era which supported by the development of technology, almost all field of life has been using the technology. In education, some educationalist also appreciate it by using e-learning in teaching. E-learning in the field of education usually called ICT (Information Communication Technology).

In language learning, ICT support the modern principles of learning and language acquisition. Every school in Indonesia has used the ICT to facilitate teacher to teach the student. ICT support to improve students language ability: listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Meanwhile, It also enables us to foster student-center learning and support building up a sense of belonging to a community. There are many advantages of ICT in Language Learning.

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ICT for Teaching Speaking

Language is an important part of human being. By using language, people can communicate with others. they can share their feelings, ideas, and also thoughts both orally or written.

In this section we will talk about "ICT for Teaching Speaking". As we know speaking is a kind of language skills. If the language skills are divided into two kinds (receptive and productive), then speaking is a kind of productive one, because the focus is on producing information.

In this modern era, technological development have affected all areas of our lives, and education is not an exception. Therefore, ICT also support teacher in teaching speaking. There are many tools which teacher can use, for example by using technology such as computer and also LCD projector, teacher can show the video to the students. Meanwhile, to make students motivated in learning speaking, technology also presents applications or features that can be utilized, such as skype, video chat, Langblog, podcast, and many others.

For more information I provide some links bellow which can be your reference in teaching speaking using technology. Enjoy reading it.

ICT in Teaching Reading

Reading is an activity to get and understand the information. For ESL/EFL reading will be very helpful to improve their language skills especially reading, because by doing reading we will get new vocabularies.

Nowadays, the technological development gives a good impact for the education to teach reading. It means that students do not only can read from book, magazine, or newspaper. Because of ICT are representing a sign of progress in education and a crucial factor to pursue requirements of the changing world and the digital generation of students.

Although reading is an activity that can improve our knowledge and information, sometime when the teacher asks students to read, they will quickly get bored. Therefore, teacher have to be creative to use technology to make the students interest in reading activity.

These following links as your reference to help you develop in teaching reading:

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ICT in Teaching Writing

In this occasion we will talk about ICT in teaching writing. As we have known, writing is one of the kinds of language skills. It is one of the way people can show their feeling and ideas through writing. Therefore, writing is important to learn.

As we also know that educational field has been helped by the development of technology. Nowadays, computers are not only used as a subject matter in themselves, but learners and teachers are using them in various ways to assist in teaching basic literacy skills, such as writing. There are various tools which can be used by the teacher to teach writing, such as Microsoft Word, AbiWord, and so on. So that, to use ICT in teaching, teacher should be able in operating the technology.

These following links can be your references to help you understand and develop in teaching writing:

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