Week 8: Internet and Language Teaching and Learning - CALL and WWW

This week's lesson was on CALL and the WWW. All of us are aware that the World Wide Web (WWW) provides a lot of assistance in the language learning, for instance. Therefore, there is no doubt that there are a lot of advantages of the WWW.

Some of the advantages are;

• Can access anywhere and anytime as long as there is an Internet connection.
• Intrinsically motivating due to the animation and sounds provided.
• Learners have instant access to authentic materials.
• Appeals to shy students or introvert students.
• Improve reading and writing.
• etc.

However, there are also a few disadvantages of the WWW. There are;

• Technical and financial problems.
• Lack of training and familiarity.
• Too much info provided on the WWW.
• etc.

Whatever it is, the Internet is still a good resource in language teaching and learning. The users should know how to access to the specific sites for their own benefits. Therefore, teachers should provide links or URLs to the learners so that they could be able to access to the specific sites without wasting their time browsing through the Internet.