THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGIES IN SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING

It is quite obvious that with the past of the years, the second language teaching and learning have evolved using different technologies in order to accomplish the goals of students and teachers. Those technologies have served as tools in many classrooms where a second language is taught, and somehow they are now playing a central role in second language teaching and learning.

With the evolution of technologies, teachers and students have seen the necessity of changing the approaches to teach and also to learn a second language. Showing new media and entertainment, technologies have opened the world for many people who now find in technologies such as videos, internet, and computers the easiest way of the world to teach and study second language. An amazing software that contains virtual dictionaries and exams is just one of the hundreds of options that technologies offer. Indeed, technologies are showing a very attractive way to teach and learn a second language that people can just not ignore.

Moreover, technologies allow teachers and students to have access to data that can answer their questions about either how to teach or how to learn a second language. Many web pages have been created exclusively to second language learning, and many people are using them.

Finally, teachers and students should be aware that technologies have better their chances to teach and learn a second language. Why should not they star letting technologies play a central role in second language teaching and learning?