INTERNET AND EFL READING CLASSES

• 作者: Fatemeh Alipanahi
• 来源期刊: 中国应用语言学：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: Internent READING COMPREHENSION ELT
• 年，卷（期）: 2005,（4）
• 页码范围: 32-45
• 页数: 14页
• 分类号: H319

摘要

The Internet is all about sharing ideas with others. It offers a myriad of authentic materials and ampleopportunities to communicate in the foreign language. It fits into current theories of communicative languagelearning and learner autonomy. This paper attempts to address the major issues teachers and universities willencounter when integrating the Internet into foreign language curriculum, and it is mostly concerned with theeffect of Internet on teaching reading comprehension. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to findjustifiable responses to the following questions.1. Will the student improve their attitude toward reading comprehension in English as a foreign language(EFL) after being taught via the Internet?2. Will the teaching of reading comprehension via Internet yield significantly better results thantraditional, non-Internet techniques?This paper can be good starting point for EFL instructors and universities alike, and as such it explores anumber of major issues and provides both theoretical background information and practical suggestions.