Learning English with IT Tools

To prepare this topic, I have used information from the British Council website, as it was the most appealing to me. It contains a lot of topics for the teachers and tutors, video materials, lessons, vocabulary, etc.

It is the general idea that today learning English is not just only a good grammar knowledge and vocabulary. For foreigners, the most difficult part of learning English is learning to understand, comprehend and express their opinion. Nothing of these activities cannot be learned during an actual class. One needs, at least, to live in the English-speaking environment for couple of years to get used to the language and learn to speak fluent English. As a matter of fact, not all students have such an opportunity. Neverthless, they are very lucky these days, as they have IT tools to help them to become advanced speakers and learners. IT tools, such as webinars, online conferences, online tests and books, video lessons, movies, etc. can give a student anything he or she needs in learning English at home, in front of the computer. The main aim of any teacher then is to teach his or her students to use those online resources while preparing to the class. If they use those tools, English will not be so challenging for them. They will easily integrate in the English-speaking society when they go abroad.

On the one hand, IT tools are very difficult to understand for non-advanced computer users. They can be really confused with all the new information and challenges they face.

On the other hand, if they are persistent in their learning, they will do their best and become advanced users. If they are, they have good chances of succeeding in learning English online.

To conclude, we, as teachers, should encourage our students to use those IT tools in learning and shaping their English.