Open AccessThe Internet and Elt: Costs, Gains and Compromises
Author(s) -
Rebeca Ungureanu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
linguaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2285-9403
pISSN - 2067-9696
DOI - 10.1515/lincu-2015-0012
Subject(s) - the internet , compromise , class (philosophy) , sign (mathematics) , product (mathematics) , sociology , psychology , pedagogy , mathematics education , engineering ethics , public relations , political science , engineering , computer science , social science , world wide web , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis , geometry , mathematics
The paper analyzes some present and future trends in education, zooming in on the English class, through the impact of the most influential product of the human mind, the Internet. Extensive research is currently being done on the roles of the Internet upon our society, with special emphasis on education. I follow some of these research projects’ threads and offer up-to-date insights into the debates and controversies the Internet has awoken. As a result of scanning some of the future educational trends, the conclusion I draw is that of an obvious compromise the English teacher has to sign: teaching both classical and modern competencies but learning to use the digital language of today’s generation, while not overlooking the students’ emotional needs.