Technology Supports for Second Language Learning

While technology has played a supporting role in language pedagogy from the 1960s to the present, it was the advent of personal computers in the 1980s and then the Internet in the 1990s that revolutionized its role. In this article, we look at three roles played by technology: as a provider of content, as a learning management tool, and as a communication tool. We also examine models of classroom organization, and suggest that technology has forced us to redefine our concept of the classroom. In the final major section of the article, we enumerate seven areas of second-language pedagogy where technology has transcended face-to face instruction.

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