Paper Topic:

Learning Foreign Languages Through Web 2.0

Running Head : Learning Language through Web 2 .0

Approaches to Learning Foreign Languages through Web 2 .0 Technology

Name

Course

Tutor

Date

Abstract

The educational sector has in the recent years experienced a tremendous increase in the use of new media , video games as part of web 2 .0 technology for the purpose of instruction in a bid to expand and enhance learning . In language pedagogy , the use of web 2 .0 technology has yielded a platform for instructional design . A number of studies have shown that numerous

opportunities in the system of education are afforded by interactive media and internet . These forms of web application in learning of a foreign language involve the use of Google earth , social networking as well as the functionality of DVD . This paper seeks to explore the theoretical paradigms that involve the learning of foreign language through the use of web 2 .0 technology

Introduction

Learning foreign language requires a pedagogical approach that uses a concise instructional design encompassing theoretical paradigms such as enculturation , inter-language as well as natural learning models . The twenty first century has devised applications that are web oriented to facilitate the approaches of learning a foreign language . Many scholars argue that in the age of web 2 .0 technology , learning takes a technological approach where instructors and learners are required to poses technological skills and extensively demonstrate an understanding of employing web 2 .0 tools to efficiently support the pedagogical aspect of learning a foreign as well as a second...

8 pages

45.0 KB

Free sing-up