Digital divide within the context of language and foreign language teaching


Yaman İ.

International Educational Technology Conference IETC, Illinois, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 3 - 05 Eylül 2014, cilt.176, ss.766-771 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 176
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.01.538
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Illinois
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.766-771
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: digital divide, language, foreign language teaching, information and communication technologies
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Digital divide, the existence of which is commonly familiar but unknown as a concept, influence the lives of human beings to a notable extent. Access to information and communication technologies is one of the most significant indicators revealing digital divide. Within this framework, digital divide has a remarkable influence in various areas ranging from education to economy and from art to industry. In this paper, the links between digital divide and language and foreign language teaching are explained taking the cause-effect relationships into account. Under its links to language, the factor of "English" and multilingualism are emphasized. Under its links to foreign language teaching, subjects like teaching materials, language testing, multiple intelligences and learning styles, and foreign language education for physically-handicapped students are discussed. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.