COMPUTERS HAVE EMERGED AS ONE OF THE FASCINATING AND MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS IN

THE EDUCATIONAL AREA. IT IS BEING USED IN CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHING PURPOSES AS TEACHING

HOLDS A GREAT SIGNIFICANCEFOR LANGUAGE LEARNING AND CAN DEVELOP STUDY SKILLS.

PLACING TEACHER AS A ROLE OF A TRANSMITTER OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNERS AS PASSIVE RECIPIENTS IS A TRADITIONAL METHODS OF TEACHING.

FOCUS ON LEARNER AUTONOMY, INVOLVEMENT, GENERATED SYLLABI,AND CREATION OF RELAXED ATMOSPHEREFOR LEARNING ARE THE CURRENT TREND

IN THE FIELD OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING. THE CONCEPT OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION IS INCREASINGLY GAINING IMPORTANCE.

• A GENERAL TERM, “STUDY SKILLS” ENCOMPASSESS A WIDE VARIETY OF TRAITS, ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONAL

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT RANGING FROM ATTITUDES TO BEHAVIOURS.

• SOME OF THE STUDY SKILLS1. NEW LEARNING STYLES

2. NETWORKING WITH OTHER STUDENTS3. ACQUIRING COMMUNICATION SKILLS

4. ABILITY TO LISTEN TO LECTURES5. READING A BOOK AND TAKING NOTES

6. PARTICIPATING IN CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

THE INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC OR PERSONAL GROWTH ARE THE SKILLS CENTER FOR FOCUS OF TEACHING. STUDY SKILLS INCLUDES READING

ACADEMIC TEXTS EFFICIENTLY, TAKING NOTES FROM LECTURES AND

ETC.

TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO

EXCEL AT WHAT THEY ARE DOING, ENCOURAGE

THE STUDENTS TO BE CREATIVE

AND APPRECIATE

THEIR INNOVATION

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• CLOSELY INNER-RELATED• THE JUDICIOUS INTEGRATION CAN ENABLE STUDENTS TO

ORGANIZE AND PROCESS THEIR KNOWLEDGEAT THE TOUCH OF KEYBOARD BUTTON

• COMPUTER IS THE TEACHING AID THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS

• COMPUTERS ARE NOW USED AS EFFECTIVETOOLS IN TEACHING GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY, SYNTAX, AND COMPREHENSION AND EVEN IN DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE AOMMUNICATION SKILLS AND IN CREATING WRITING ACTIVITIES.

• COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (CALL) ENHANCES THE MOTIVATION LEVEL OF STUDENTS

• TEACHERS CAN CUSTOMIZE ANY CALL PROGRAM TO THE SYLLABUS OR COURSE DESIGN THAT THEY ARE USING TO INCREASETHE LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY IN STUDENTS

• COMPUTERS ARE USEFUL FOR IN-GROUP ACTIVITIES AND IMPARTING INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION

• THERE ARE NO LIMITATIONS WITH REGARD TO PRACTICE-SESSIONS OR TIME

THE IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK GIVEN BY THE

COMPUTER HELPS THE STUDENTS TO ANALYZE

PATTERNS IN THE LANGUAGE. THE NOVELTY THAT

IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF CALL PROGRAMMES

INCREASE THE LEVEL OF MOTIVATION.

HELPING THE LEARN TO LEARN A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE OR ANY SECOND LANGUAGE ALSO

PROVIDE SOME COMPUTER LITERACY.

PROVIDE THE INFORMATION REQUESTED

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

STUDENTS WILL NOT ONLY LEARN ABOUT THE

NUMBER OF WORDS BUT ALSO THE USAGE OF

IT AS WELL.

THE AUTHOR AND THE PROGRAMMER DO NOT

SHARE SIMILAR CONCERNS AS THE

AUTHOR IS BOUND TO BE A SUBJECT EXPERT

WHILE THE PROGRAMMER IS

MOSTLY A TECHNICIAN

THERE IS A LITTLE CHANCE FOR TEACHERS TO ADD OR

MODIFY THE EXISTING PROGRAMMES SINCE MOST OF ITS LOCKED TO PREVENT

PIRATING

THE TIME SPENT ON PREPARATION AND PROGRAMMING CAN BE QUITE LENGTHY

RUNNING TO HOURS AND DAYS

THE RAPIDITY WITH WHICH COMPUTER INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES AND TAKING PLACE IN THE ACADEMIC SPHERE SHOWS THAT THE DRAWBACKS FOUND IN THE CALL METHODS

ARE ONLY TEMPORARY