Article: ‘Use of Internet : How to make it useful in Language Teaching’ by Reena Mittal
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 16 | June 30, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]
This article is written and submitted by Reena Mittal.
Computers have made a victorious entry our life in the late 20th century and now they have become an integral part of our life. Similarly, advent of Internet has made a revolution in every walk of life. A language teacher can also use Internet to teach students. Use of Internet has made teaching easier. Gathering information, innovative teaching plans, ideas and material is just a click away. All the extinct books, papers and rare reading material is accessible through search engines of Internet. Pronunciation errors are only few steps away to remove with the help of internet. I still remember my experiment with B.A. III students who were unable to speak fluently in English. We arranged special sessions in computer lab and showed them some or other clippings of famous plays and poems, they not only learn then by heart but speak them with fluency and correct pronunciation with practice and time devotion. (more…)