The important role of
technology in education
G.E.Jakasova
Agrobusiness & economical college
Semey
English\teacher
ANNOTATION
This article is about the
important role of technology in education. Using
technology in our classes can help our students become better
problem solvers, constant explorers, more autonomous learners,
interactive and
collaborative.
АННОТАЦИЯ
Данная статья посвящена к важнейшей роли
технологии в обучение. Использование технологии на наших
занятиях помогает студентам легко решать проблемы, работать над
собой, быть более автономными, интерактивными и действовать
совместно.
Technology has always played
an important role in education but the immense change
in technology and the growing presence of the internet
have changed our students scientific potential more than ever for
the last decade. Today’s students grow up with developing
technology, access to internet anytime, anywhere available.
They have become familiar with mobile phones, computers, digital
cameras, console games etc. As a result, of all
these innovations, our students are no longer thinking and
getting the information as they may have had in the
past.
Technology has influenced our
students the way they learn, get the information, think and
interact. They have become collaborative, autonomous, exploratory
and connected learners. Education system in Uzbekistan
curriculum and the approaches we believe in are effective
as well as 21st century gave students new ways
to learn self and improve themselves. They are fluent
in using computers, internet, mobile phones, messaging ,
etc. in my view, all teachers need
to be more familiar with the growing technology because
this is the only way to become a digital native.
First we need to use and explore the technology
personally, then we will find the best ways to integrate
it into our teaching to communicate, create and
collaborate.
Using technology in our
classes can help our students become better problem solvers,
constant explorers, more autonomous learners, interactive and
collaborative. Technology helps to collaborate in global
projects, it provides authentic material and
is a good way to improve writing and listening
skills as well as communicative abilities. They are
already using it. They mail each other every day, they send
messages via mobile phones, they complete online information every
day, they chat and they spend most of their lives
online.
Our curriculums and
methodologies we use will always improve. New approaches will
be popular and adopted, new goals will be added and our
digital native students will always be evolving and changing
rapidly. Education, competition and skills are changing.
„We are no longer teaching if what we teach
is more important than who we teach or how
we teach” Our students have already surpassed the limits
of our education systems. We should keep the traditional
content that works and helps our learners in our curriculums
but we should also include the future, the future
is digital and it enhance learning. Technology
is a way of life and a necessity and
we should be ready to handle this. It’s a long
journey and there are a lot to be done not
to lose anything on the
way.
New technology and new ideas
not only changed our life but also our classes,
so we believe following activities make ESP classes more
fruitful and live and make students think creative and
do something new. ESP classes are very technical and very
complicated to teach, and to find new ways
of teaching.
In my experience,
utilizing internet technologies deliver a broad array
of solutions that enhance knowledge and performance
of student. In my practice period at school.
I observed students get more effective data with the help
of technology. Because it plays main role
in learning the language.
If we use
above-written activities: discussions, brainstorming, picture
describing, picture narrating, it would give a lot
of knowledge to students and improve their writing,
speaking, creative thinking, listening skills more better,
especially, in ESP classes these activities are more
demanding.
21st century gave students
and people, teachers computerized society where they may get
digital information and use it for their professional live
issues: in the process of teaching, in modernizing
factories, system of education,
etc.
All in all, activities
we use in ESP classes based on specialty students
study and get new ideas and create something new for
society.
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Dudley-Evans, T.&
St John, M, J. 1998. Developments in English for specific
Purposes. Cambridge: CUP.
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Tom Hutchinson and Alan
Waters. 1987. English for Specific Purposes. Cambridge
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www.google.com
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