THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING TECHNOLOGY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS FOR STUDENTS OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
Keywords:
ICT in education, interactive classroom, communicative language teaching, audio-visual classroom materialAbstract
Across the globe, governments of different countries have recognized the importance and value of digital technologies in language learning. This article is based on the using information and communication technology (ICT) in education. Through this initiative, interactive multimedia software based on national curriculum of English were developed and tested in different departments of the branch of RSU of oil and gas named after I.M. Gubkin in Tashkent. The results of the approach showed that the use of audio-visual content has strong potential for enhancing and promoting interactive language classes. However, the success of the program depends on how the technology is designed and implemented and how the teachers are trained to use it.
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