Hello Readers,
So, Today i am gone write about the TECHNOLOGY AND ELT by DAVID CRYSTAL in short his point of views on ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING.
Let's have some glimpse on him...
As we always feel that English language is more familiar to use more Technology. there is a Myth in every people that these facilities like SMS , SOCIAL MEDIA, CHATTING and using LAPTOPS , COMPUTARS , MOBILE PHONES...then we will get power to know to English. according to them Technology is language learning tool . And DAVID CRYSTAL is one of them.
Here is the link attached Dr. Dilip barad to read the blog where the que taken.
Video 1. David Crystal - The Effect of New Technologies on English
The introduction of technology at first place is thought as a disaster and also thought as it can harm the human communication. Crystal gives the example of the invention of telephone, television and broadcasting media, commentaries on sports. . . And consistently he argues that all these mediums are much helpful in language learning, especially English language.
Video 2. David Crystal - The Biggest Challenges for Teachers
This is the second part of Crystal's interview. In this video Crystal talks about the challenges for teachers. He says,
The biggest challenge is without a doubt to keep a pace with language change.
Language is changing so fast and it has two reasons, 1. The internet.
Teachers are less familiar with the current generation and the new words introduced on web almost daily, so its difficult to keep pace. 2. Globalization of English. Accents and dialects of English language is different from country to country. Indian English, American, British English and so on.
Video 3. David Crystal on Texting (S1E2 of It's Only a Theory)
The third video is about a show titled "It's Only a Theory". It seems that the show is designed to interact with various theorists so that the difficult theories and complex ideas can be shared with people in simple and humorous ways. Panel of three questions some points of David Crystals and he answers satisfactorily.
Texting can be helpful in English language learning. Crystal's theory is texting is good for the English language. Four myths about texting are debunked by Crystal that 1. Texting is done by kids only, 2. Kids fill their text messages entirely with abbreviations, 3. The abbreviation used in text messages are invented by kids, and abbreviation is a modern thing 4. Letters are being outdated, kids don't know how to spell. 5. Because they don't know how to spell, kids are putting those abbreviations in their essays at school.
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