Online second language process soon

[Francis Hult]

The New Nation

 

Online second language process soon

 

The permutation of mobile computing, simulation and ESL/EFL learning and teaching have the potential to result in escalating transformation of the Second Language Acquisition (SLA) process. The spread of telecommunication, internet and wireless technology is so dramatic that it took only a quarter century to earn the acceptance of the population of varied culture around the globe. 

Almost the whole world is rising with reliance owing to its convenience and precision. The very combination of wireless technology and mobile computing is gaining revolutionary momentum, giving ways to innumerable prospects especially in the field of education and teaching, which if dexterously exploited may fetch answers to questions of SLA that most veteran language teachers and established centers confront every now and then in non-native countries. 

The question is how technology is going to affect the SLA environment, pedagogy and learning? To answer this question, we must assess the current trends in SLA process instilled in distinguished second language (L2) centers and survey the spread of cyber-culture, its degree of acceptance and prospective. 

Full story:

http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/01/28/news0847.htm

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