Da mashq qilish hamkorlik, dizayn texnika, foydalanish yangi ma `lumot texnologiya, Internet resurslari, texnologiya rivojlanish tanqidiy fikrlash

THE USE OF INTERNET IN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

Ushakiran Wagle
Abstract
According to conventional wisdom the Internet consists of written materials. Therefore, it is suitable for teaching reading. Reading, in turn, has traditionally been associated with outdated grammar translation method in which foreign language was taught to enable students to read. However, in recent decades the emphasis has been put on communicative competence. Language is to be taught to enable communication. In fact, the Internet contains teaching materials which make it possible to teach every language skill. Here I’m going to write a paper on the same topic and mainly I’m going to relate it in Nepali context. At first I tried to set the scene which is related to my experience toward internet. Secondly it tries to show the things that internet is offering for the ESL classes. Then I move toward the possibility of using internet in Nepali context. While dealing with this particular topic I include something about a person; named Mahabir Pun. In fourth part of this paper I write about the things that a teacher should remember while using internet in language classes. And finally I write something about my feeling which conclude this writing.
Introduction
I did my bachelor’s degree from one of the colleges in the eastern part of Nepal. Though I lived in a municipality, I didn’t get internet access there. As the trends go, I studied all subjects through the lectures of my tutors or with the help of book written by Nepali writers. I was even not aware of using the book written by foreign writers. The use of internet for me was just checking the e-mails nothing more than that.
I finished my bachelor course and arrived in Kathmandu for my further study. I decided to join KU for my Master’s Degree. I still remember the day when I got confusion. One of our tutors asked us to write reflection and I sent that to him through mail. I was aware of writing reflection and I wrote the reflection and went to the lab. I then I switched the computer on and logged in my email but after that I was confused what to do. I was ashamed and I just looked around the lab; luckily I saw one friend near me. I approached her and asked her how to attach file. She guided me.
My first experience toward internet was only related to the means of communication, but from that particular day my feelings completely changed. Now I’m in the place where I’m using internet each and every time for my each and every work. My feelings towards internet changed gradually from the means of communication towards the tools of teaching learning. With the help of these particular experiences I collected within a short span of time of one year, and with the help of other materials and evidences, I reached at the phase where I decided to prepare one article related to the use of internet particularly in ESL classes.
The internet nowadays is really widely used device. “The internet often abbreviated to NET, has often been described as the biggest communication revolution….” (Dudeney: 2000). The internet is being mainly a free recourse and it is increasingly being used in TESOL, and the expo. However, realizing the potential of this exciting and constantly expanding medium places new pressures on the layman TESOL teacher, who very often has had no pre-service or past in-service training on how to use the Internet in an ICT language lab (http://www.englishlab.intercol.edu/papers/pdf/chris%20alexander%20jan%2019.pdf). With the advent of the Internet, language teachers now have at their disposal various learning Websites with interactive contents that can be argued to offer certain advantages over conventional teaching methods (http://jpl.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/5/issue/2/article/3462/internetbased-grammar-instruction-in-the-esl). Though it is mainly being used in language classes, it might be fruitful to talk about the use of internet in ESL classes and possibility of using it. I want to discuss the possibility of using internet in Nepalese institution.