This book discusses the use of Web 2.0 tools to leverage students' own
use of New Media, which can take learning beyond the classroom. This
paradigmatic book will help language educators gain a better
understanding of the shift in pedagogic practices through the
incorporation of technology in language learning programs. It explores
the theoretical underpinnings of ICT in education, before moving on to
pragmatic considerations and subsequent implementation of ICT within and
beyond language classrooms in the South Asian context.
The book covers a wide range of topics, such as the context within which
ICT can be placed vis-à-vis teaching and learning in the digital age, as
well as the role of ICT in communicative practices, and strategies used
to bring these practices to the language classroom. It illustrates how
ICT can be incorporated for both receptive as well as productive
language learning skills, such as listening, reading, speaking, and
writing within pedagogic frameworks.
Accordingly, it addresses affordable technologies and how they can be
made a part of the teaching-learning experience. Finally, in terms of
ICT beyond the classroom, the book provides a broader perspective on ICT
in terms of selecting platforms or software, as well as the evaluation
of ICT with special reference to ICT policies that offer language
educators guidance on managing ICT frameworks within their institutions.
Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for language
educators, teacher trainers, students, and researchers in education and
linguistics programs within and outside South Asia.
