9° Task. Draft

ICTs in classrooms. 

As we know, technology is claimed to be a universal language and is regarded as one of the influential agents of globalization. On the global front, ICTs (Information and Communications Technology) is already creating new, open learning environments in the field of education. According to Murray, 2007, the use of technology in education is an emerging field of study as it involves the introduction of new instructional possibilities. It is also important to mention that the use of ICTs improves the learning of a second language because nowadays the majority of the sources to learning a second language is on the internet.

Leaving traditional education. Twenty years ago, the field of education was focused primarily on teachers, students were always obeying rules to teachers in a way in which they have to learn everything by heart, they do not count with the use of a CD player to improve their listening skills, they do not count on a TV, they do not count on anything in order to achieve the perfection of speaking a second language. But with the pass of the years, many technological devices are in our hands.

Expand the access to learn a second language. When we talk about the learning of a second language we can mention that each day the majority of the resources to stay in contact with a second language are on the internet. Thus, we can practice and try to improve the main skills throughout the use of ICTs. For instance, if we want to practice speaking skill, we can make contact with a native person through the internet and practice it. The main problem is the difficult access to the internet in order to achieve new insights in a second language but it is our decision because if we are really interested in improving the main skills we can look for many solutions and try to overcome those difficulties.

Improving the quality of learning a second language. Teachers should be aware of the importance of the use of ICTs in classrooms because if they use in the best way they will see the improvement that their students can achieve. For instance, teachers can bring to class recordings of native people in order to improve their listening skill, also teachers would give to their students a lot of websites no practice English and all the major skills. Teachers and students should be aware of that internet have many dangerous websites that can affect them, so they have to be careful with the information that they would find on many websites. But students and teachers should understand that they have to use internet for educational purposes and under some conditions.

A teacher should implement ICTs under some conditions to get students involve with a second language, taking into account that we should use internet for educational purposes and in order to improve all the major skills in a language