THE USE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN ESL CLASSROOM. ADVANTAGES AND IMPLICATION.
10 TECHNOLOGY terms
This is a glossary to facilitate the understanding of some words found in the research work, which is based on terms of technological education in these students.
Approach
noun
An approach gives rise to methods, the way of teaching something, which use classroom activities or techniques to help learners learn.
Example: In contrast to this almost celebratory approach, Questel looks at how such manipulations of language can be rejected and oppressed.
es: enfoque
computer
noun
An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
Example: A few weeks back a discovery was made that could lead to a quantum computer capable of carrying out a staggering 10 30 simultaneous calculations.
es: computadora
internet
noun
Is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
Example: Lastly, the media and technological advances such as the internet use a variety of dialects especially the e-mail and chat-room language known as Leet.
es: Internet
language
noun
The principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture.
Example: The document has a title page which contains:document titletitle part language used in quote: English 1 2005-05 Latin American Themes and Problems AM101 Essay Comparative American Studies AH M 1 4897 122 31 0 4 10 0 0 0 no abstract 40.1 3.9 simple assignment TEI P4 (documented in: BAWE.documentation.pdf) m 1984 Dutch OSA Comparative American Studies 0003 A Decade of Pluralism or Ideology?
es: idioma
learner
noun
A person who is learning a subject or skill.
Example: Thus, such factors as the motivation and the need to learn the language, the language anxiety and self-confidence of the learner and the language environment play a crucial role for the successfulness of a late L2 learner and are more important than age.
es: aprendiz
methodology
noun
A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity.
Example: For instance, a deep understanding of learning mechanisms can assist teachers in adopting the efficacious methodology, or it can help learners in developing effective strategies for learning a second language.
es: metodología
smartphones
noun
A mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface, internet access, and an operating system capable of running downloaded applications.
Example: It is available on the Internet and on all smartphone platforms.
es: telefonos inteligentes
strategy
noun
A plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.
Example: He displaced his own evasions, simplifications, and conflicting desires onto a fictional self who displaced his onto yet another fictional self who employed a narrative strategy that allowed him to have things both ways.
es: estrategia
tablets
noun
A small portable computer that accepts input directly on to its screen rather than via a keyboard or mouse.
Example: Currently in this "personal computing era", our main means of interacting with computers is via physical hardware-based input control devices such as mouse, keyboard and or possibly graphics tablets.
es: tabletas
technology
noun
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
Example: After the allegorical reflection of Joseph Stalin's tyrannical rule over the Soviet Union which was witnessed in Animal Farm , Orwell further attacked the idea of totalitarian authorities in Nineteen Eighty-Four, by portraying a world just thirty six years into the future where advanced technology gives absolute political authority to those in charge.
