ICT in English Language Education: Bridging the Teaching-Learning Divide in South Asia
About this ebook
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.
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About the author
Dr. Preet Hiradhar is Associate Professor of Teaching at the Department of English at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. With a background in technology-mediated language learning in higher education contexts, she researches technology and digital discourses in linguistic, literary, and cultural texts.
Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya is Professor and Chairperson at the Centre for English Studies in the School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, at the Central University of Gujarat, India. His research interests include technology studies, English language studies, cultural studies and their interactions with pedagogy.
