What is ICT?
Information and communication technologies (ICT) is an umbrella term that covers all technical means forprocessing and communicating information
Today, everyone needs a basic understanding of ICT and how to make productive use of it, just to be good students, workers and citizens. Teaching people how to be competent basic users of ICT technologies is an important role of ICT education, so they will be successful in their academic and work careers, and so they can efficiently participate in modern technical society
Beyond a basic user competency, our society also needs more knowledgeable and capable technical people to deploy, manage and maintain ICT equipment, software and systems, so they work well for users. In all industries, these people manage computer and communications hardware, software and applications; networked systems; online information sharing, communication and commerce systems; business processes making use of these systems; and user support.
Teachers’ Roles and ICT
The digital age challenges teachers to use technology in ways that facilitate language learning. ESL/EFL teachers must decide how—and how not—to use technology in the classroom.
Productive Use of Technology
There are three strategies ESL/EFL teachers can follow to ensure that technology fits their needs.
• First, investigate new media to see if it is suitable for classroom use.
• Then identify how new media changes
TESOL.
• Finally, set English Language Teaching
objectives before selecting any tools of
technology.
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