ICT APPLICATIONS IN ENGLISH TEACHING: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Year 2016, Volume: 4 , 579 - 581, 01.09.2016

Gökhan Orhan İsmail Şahin

Abstract

Language teaching and learning are becoming more
sophisticated day by day thanks to application of technological innovations in
classroom practice. In recent past, the number of applications of ICT in
English teaching and learning have been increased. The researches over English
teaching with information and communication technology (ICT) suggest some
evidence as to positive effects of the use of 
information and communication technology (ICT) on students’ learning (Mumtaz,
2000).English language teachers have a tendency to use ICT as a tool to
practice structural purposes, teaching unknown words, speaking and
pronunciation, reading comprehension ,writing, listening. The aim of the review
is to provide an insight on which ICT applications are used in English teaching
in practice and categorize ICT applications in relation to language skills and
knowledge such as speaking, writing, listening, pronunciation and vocabulary
and to examine effects of ICT applications on student achievement by
investigating the literature involving ICT applications in other countries. It was determined that 12 doctoral dissertations and 25
papers, 7 master theses related to ICT applications and English skills and
impact on students’ achievements in ICT applications of English were included. In
this research, the researchers assessed theses and papers including ICT
applications in English teaching, impact of ICT on achievement in English
lesson and technologies which applied in ICT. To investigate doctoral
dissertations, master theses and papers from 2004 to 2016, document review was
used. The findings suggested that ICT applications for vocabulary teaching was
the most widespread English teachers and researchers used “Mobile Learning”
based applications mostly; as to impact of ICT on students’
achievement in English teaching, it was found that engagement and facilitiate
English learning statements were frequently stated  between 2004 and 2016.

Keywords

English teaching, ICT applications, language skills, educational technology

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