Supporting English Language Learners through ICT

• Main Author: Serghei VASILACHI
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova 2017-12-01
• Series: CSIE Working Papers Series
• Subjects: technology; learner; proficiency; cai; fluency; comprehension; software
• Online Access: http://www.csei.ase.md/wp/files/issue7/Vasilachis_WP_Issue_7.pdf

Teaching students to be literate is a high educational priority in the Republic of Moldova, as it is certainly throughout the world. The purpose of the article is to show why the classroom environment undergoes a constant change, and how teachers face the challenge of combining the traditional instruction with the computer-assisted one. For those students who want to become proficient in a new language it is a very difficult transition. Instructors who have taught students learning English as a foreign language know that any language support is helpful for their language acquisition. The methods proposed by Liaw and Kang have demonstrated that students who learn English need a variety of language experiences. We believe that ICTs along with computer literacy can play an integral part in providing ELL students with valuable language experiences as they learn a new language in the context of its both domestic and foreign social value growth.