3. Introduction
O’Donnell
(2008)He studied on the
issue of the chance of
CALL or Computer
Assisted Language
Learning in Korea. He
stated that
considering the age
demand and the
culture development,
it is urgently
necessary to use CALL
in Korea.
4. Introduction
Chiu (2008)He found in his
research, The
Discourse of an
English Teacher in a
Cyber Writing Course:
Roles and Autonomy,
that it can be strongly
suggested that
teachers use cyber
technology in
supporting the
language learning
process.
5. Introduction
Kato (2009)He conducted a
research on the
issue of Interaction
Between Processing
and Maintenance in
Online L2 Sentence
Comprehension:
Implications for
Linguistic Threshold
Hypothesis. In his
report, The results
were remarkable:
improvement
6. Discussion
ICT in Education
As a vehicle with the potential to help expand
access to education shown by the ability of ICT
through the boundaries of time and space
To help prepare the younger generation, both
studying in formal and informal educational
institutions, to get a job more easily
To enhance the quality of education is
unquestionable
To help transform the learning environment
towards student-centered learning (learner-
centered) especially computers and the Internet.
7. Cont.
The Use of ICT in Teaching Writing
There are some
features in ICT
that can be
useful to
support the
learning of
writing skill.
They are:
8. Cont.
This is a very interesting
feature of ICT that can
replace the role of diary or
journal.
Teacher can give a task to
his students to write a
learning journal to state
certain information on every
lesson.
Teacher will be able to
monitor his students’
progress from distance and
later, can give feedback on
the comment space below
each essay.
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9. Cont.
Email has been the most
popular feature for
academic life.
Teacher can give a task
and the students can be
asked to submit them
via email immediately.
This feature can cut cost
and can save time and
energy of teacher-
student to come and
meet in the classroom.
Email
10. Cont.
Social Media
This might be the most popular ICT feature
that most students are familiar with. They
are online on social media for almost 24
hours a day.
In teaching writing, the teacher can direct
the students to discuss over a topic. This can
happen by using the group chat or forum.
Students can exchange ideas one to another.
The benefit of this media is that the
discussion can be more alive and happen
naturally since the social media chat is
considered as the most interactive media in
ICT world.
11. Cont.
Offering a real-world digital medium
for communication
Providing an active and meaningful
learning
Promoting collaborative learning &
Supporting the principles
of learning and language acquisition
Advantages of
Using ICT