Published Paper


Correlation between IT and ELT

Srinivasa Rao Idapalapati
Institute of Languages, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Page: 1867-1881
Published on: 2024 June

Abstract

Advances in information technology (IT) have been supporting the advancement of English language teaching-learning models such as blended learning, hybrid learning, flipped classrooms, online learning, asynchronous and synchronous, and other e-learning models of teaching English for specific functional purposes. Given the ever-increasing integration of IT into ELT methods, this study aims to demonstrate the correlation between technological advancements and the shifting models of English-language teaching (ELT) at higher education institutes, and their influence on the changing demographics of English speakers. The study was carried out in consideration of the attributes of IT that can be adopted for improving the attributes of the existent ELT methods and explored the correlations between the attributes of IT and ELT as well as between the changing statistics of English learners worldwide. The findings of this research work can be used in drawing specific inferences about the outcomes of the integration, and in providing recommendations for present-day English language teachers about the ways they can advance their teaching methods with the integration. Teacher trainers can also extrapolate the outcomes in designing more effective teacher awareness and training programs. 

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