THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING AND
SPEAKING MEDIATED BY ICTS
Context
Learning context: is defined as the the situation in
which something is learned or understood, a situation
that can impact how something is learned or what is
taught.
Colombian context.
ICTS
Crystal (1997) assumes that educational
technology takes a great role in EFL
classrooms because of the current position
of English as a global language.
Jonassen (2000) discusses that technology
in EFL classroom encourages not only the
students but the teacher in a positive way.
Brown (2003) explains that internet and distance
education increase the quality of language
learning and provide available education.
Web-learning offers well-selected activities and
interactive learning.
Communicative skills
Hymes 1972, Canale and Swain 1980 and Alcon 2000.
LANGUAGE USE'S
GRAMMATICAL KNOWLEDGE
writing
speaking
SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE
DISCOURSE
Motivation
Demiray (2009) thinks that distance
education has a great potential for global
learning and it can offer new and active
learning environment for language learners.
Usun and Kömür (2009) claim that distance
education and e-learning technologies can be
used in ELT programs to motivate the
students.