ICT tools in Teaching and Learning

Language learning and teaching is considered to be a complex process. To make such a complexity easier, well-advanced teaching aids should be available as it is the need of the hour. The recent and great development of the Internet led to a technological revolution in all fields of our life and teaching and learning in which gradually become more reliable are not exception. Computers have been used for language teaching ever since the ۱۹۶۰'s. The reasons for using Computer-assisted Language Learning include: experiential learning, motivation, enhance student achievement, authentic materials for study, greater interaction, individualization, independence from a single source of information, and global understanding. In this paper we present, illustrate and discuss the potentials of person‐centered, experiential learning when supported to live in a symbiosis with web‐technology. Nowadays, ICT is gaining a vast attractiveness in foreign language teaching and learning as more educators are embracing it. ICT has its noticeable impact on the quality and quantity of teaching-learning process. In concrete terms, ICT can enhance teaching and learning through its dynamic, interactive, and engaging content; and it can provide real opportunities for individualized instruction. The modern classroom environment has changes a lot than the previous-traditional environment due to technology. However, the present paper casts the light on the ICT tools that can help in the development of English language learning and teaching processes to show how technology affects second/foreign language education and how it can be used effectively in the secondary EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classroom; These tools include both web–based tools and non-web based tools and how it can be used in the classroom.

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ICT ، Internet ، Modern ، English ، Digital tools.