BY: RIA DESI ELFITA, K-1/09

ICT What can and can’t do Use of ICT in language teaching, learning and evaluation

ICT What can can’t do

1. Main findings Schools use ICT to teach MFL for many reasons. The use of a multimedia PC suite can develop independent learning skills and enables self- assessment to take place. 2. Personalised learning In the context of a multimedia suite, ICT facilitates personalised learning because pupils can work at their own pace and at their own level. This frees the teacher to circulate and help pupils appropriately.

3. Using new media Where ICT is used in a whole-class context, such as with an interactive whiteboard (IW) or voting devices, a wide variety of new media is available to be used in language teaching. 4. Cultural context It is possible to provide a window into the culture of countries where the target language is spoken by using the internet, displaying photos on a screen and using moving images with trailers and excerpts from films in the target language. 5. Productive skills In order to practise speaking and writing skills, pupils should have the opportunity to be creative, for example, to make a short film, storyboard or sound recording.

6. Enhancing the learning of grammar Using ICT in a whole-class context, such as with an IW, can enhance the learning of the structures of language. 7. Assessment for learning By using voting devices in a lesson, the teacher is able very quickly and effectively to pinpoint the areas that the class understands and those that need further work and explanation. 8. Catering for different learning styles Those whose preferred learning style is visual can be catered for particularly by the use of clear images and the possibility of colour coding words.

Teaching at School as well as Higher Education, mostly, concentrates on giving information which is not the sole objective of Teaching. Along with giving information, the other objectives are: a. developing understanding and application of the concepts b. developing expression power c. developing reasoning and thinking power d. development of judgment and decision making ability e.improving comprehension, speed and vocabulary f. developing self-concept and value clarification g. developing proper study habits h. developing tolerance and ambiguity, risk taking capacity, scientific temper, etc.

 The ICT can be made use in the evaluation. One such attempt has been made by Sansanwal and Dahiya (2006) who developed Computer Based Test in Research Methodology and Statistics. It has been titled as Test your Understanding: Research Methods and Statistics. This test can be used by individual student to evaluate his learning. The student can instantaneously get the feedback about the status of his understanding. If the answer is wrong, he even can get the correct answer. It goes a long way in improving the learning and teacher has no role to play in it. It is left up to students to use it. Such tests can be uploaded on the website for wider use.

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