English Language Learning in the

Age of ICTABDULAZIZ B ASSANOSI

ENGL ISH LANGUAGE LECTURER

E LEARNING INSTRUCTORPSAU – SAUDI ARABIA

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Why is English Important in Today’s World?

It is the international tongue, common language between people. It is the language of science and education. Internet and press speak English. Language of travel and business. The easiest language to learn.

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Brainstorming How many participants use English language as the language of their smartphone interface? When you call 900 or 1500, the system prompts you to press 1 for Arabic or 2 for English, what do you choose? Some ATM Machines ask the same question. Have you ever chosen English?

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Brainstorming RAM, USB, DSL, WiFi, Modem, Mention, post, publish, Poke, PDA, Tab, Roam. Do they seem common? What about these: 2nite, gr8, TTYL, BRB, VBG, J/K, and LOL The sentence: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog is used to test keyboards. (WHY). Can you read these: @, #, _ , - , /, .

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The ICT age ; the Age of English The vast advance in ICT enhance the role of English. The vast majority of terminologies and concepts of ICT are in English.

Even new terms and labels are coined in English. English language is the most used language in the internet. STATISTICS

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Language Users

English 948,608,782Chinese 751,985,224Spanish 277,125,947Arabic 168,426,690Portuguese 154,525,606Japanese 115,111,595Malay 109,400,982Russian 103,147,691French 102,171,481German 83,825,134TOP 10 LANGUAGES 2,814,329,132

Rest of the Languages 797,046,681

WORLD TOTAL 3,611,375,8139/22/2016

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How is ICT effective for ELL Some reasons are:

Autonomous Learning

Flexibility

Sharing

collaboration

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Autonomous Learning The ability to take charge of one's own learning.

Students can search for and find resources for learning.

Teacher role is minimized. Learners know their own needs and how they fulfill them

In ICT age this is very possible.

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Collaboration Generally means (working together to achieve ONE common goal).

In learning: group of people work on the same topic use one another’s resources and skill.

Learners help each other to reach the learning goal.

ICT provide platform for collaborative learning. (forums, wikis, and social media)

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Flexibility Classical ways of teaching become from past.

Learners can access learning content 24/7.

Time and place constraints are no longer there.

Good practically and psychologically.

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Sharing Language resources are available for all. No matter the social, economic factor. You can get learning material whenever you need.

Ideas and experiences are shared through social media, in digital forms.

Helpful for all Sharing your experience benefits, too.

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Suggestions for Apps and websites*

To be more practical, here are some suggestions for software, websites, and applications that realized the previously-mentioned concepts.

First, main areas of learning will be provided. Then a set of specific apps will be presented in accordance with main skills of ELL.

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* These suggestions are presented with the kind assistant of Eng. Mohammed Abdulazim, IT support unit, College of Business Administration – Prince Sattam ibn Abdulaziz University – Saudi Arabia Hotat Bani Tamim in his Article (learn English Without a teacher, 2014)

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M O O C Open courses online. Include lesson on video, audio, text, and other formats.

Managed by professors and TAs. There are forums for discussion, resources for download, and mechanisms for following up.

Self-learning, flexible, and shareable.

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Why to Take a MOOC. It’s free! It’s online, so you can learn from anywhere.

You can earn a certificate. The course is taught by real professors from actual universities.

You can drop out anytime. Again! All is free?

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Example of MOOC provider

Coursera: Provides free, high quality courses online.

Much material and resources.

Just register with your email and set off.

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Language immersion websites Use English to teach English.

Use video for English learning

FluentU, use video from YouTube to improve language skills

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Language software .. Top Ten 2016 Language learning software can be downloaded and installed on computer.

Very effective in learning second language, learner autonomy and flexibility.

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Vocabulary

• A good example of vocabulary websites is Memries.

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Memries

Free website for teaching vocabulary. Based on SRS memorization system. Many courses for different purposes. Many methods to assess learners’ progress. Examples of courses: 350 idioms and slangs, Academic English, English Collocations

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Listening [Pocast] is one of the effective language learning tools that improves listening skill.

Over the internet there are many podcast providers that enable learners to adjust their listening according to their interests and levels.

BBC Podcast offers a wide ranges of topics and genres to listen to and download in MP3 formats.

News, Sport, Lectures. Comedy, are few examples of available genres.

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Listening BBC Podcast

You can subscribe for regular (push) of podcasts.

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Listening Another useful website for improving listening is LibriVox which provide a big number of audio books to listen to for free.

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Reading LinQ: offer different courses of reading suitable to different levels. After you register for free you can choose the suitable course. You can listen to the selected course and follow along in the text.

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Structure In rewordify website learners can paste any text and the site can simplify it.

You can also select from different book to be presented in simplified version.

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Practical ideas to use ICT in learning

Watch movies and YouTube clips without subtitle. Reset your smartphone language to English. Send email and short messages in English. Be a member of a social media group that use English only for chat. Listen to English Podcast and radio channels, choose a topic that you are interested in.

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Practical ideas to use ICT in learning

Record your own voice! Then listen to it. This will show how is your progress. You can modify accordingly. Learn through social media, chat with people all-over the world. Follow YouTube channels that are specialized in ELL. Search for and download different ELL apps for smartphones. FORGET YOUR PRIDE, ask for correction, learn to laugh at your errors, DO NOT feel shy

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References Abdelazizm, M. 2014. Learn English without a Teacher.

Ananiadou, S et al.,2015. English Language in the Digital Age. Springer

Areum, M. 2014. Impact of the use of ICT in English Language Pedagogy On Nigerian Development.

Lord, G and Lomicka, L 2015: Beliefs About Web 2.0 Tools in Language Learning: A Global Perspective

Luo, T, 2013. Web 2.0 for Language Learning: Benefits and Challenges for Educator.

Sanosi, A. 2015. The Impact of Using ICT Tools in English Language Learning

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