Tuesday, January 23rd 2018.
 Rank: 4
WEEK 1:  TEACHING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.

Based on the article: "Computers and Language Learning: an overview" by Mark Warschauer and Deborah Healey.

Years ago people used to learn languages through books, dictionaries, and nobody was interested in learning through technology because at that time technology was not that important for human beings. Things have changed and now we have been provided with new technological tools. Computer Assisted Language Learning better known as CALL has become a huge tool regarding languages' learning. 

After reading this article I think that computers have become a meaningful tool regarding languages learning. Sometimes students do not have the time to take English courses, they find new and technological ways to do it. For example, studying through a computer, nowadays the internet provides us with different ways to learn different languages not only English.  There are some websites where students are able to practice the language they want to learn.

Something that is not really clear to me is: What if students do not have access to a computer? What if they have a computer, but they do not have internet access? The article mentions that CALL is used in some schools in United States, but here in El Salvador the government does not have the budget to provide students with computers.  Probably that is why teachers are still working with some traditional techniques.

As a future teacher I would like to apply technological tools in my classroom, like projectors (that nowadays are really helpful) PDF books, computers because I think that these tools are more meaningful for students these days. Students  live in the technological age.  I think that technology has given us great opportunities to learn and to teach a variety of languages.