TECHNOLOGY IN LANGUAGE LEARNING: AN EFFECTIVE INNOVATION BUT NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES

Abraham Femi Akintunde (PhD), Yakubu Danlami Angulu

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This paper reviews some of the significant issues pertinent to the use of technology in the learning and teaching of language. It discusses definition of technology, the use of technology in language   classroom, the paper further explore the discussion of necessity of application of multimedia technologies to language teaching and previous studies on using technologies in improving language learning skills, the paper also highlights some challenges of using technology in the language class and finally, gives recommendations for using technologies in the language class.

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language learning, language teaching, Information and Communication Technology, language instruction, computer- based language instruction.

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