Almost all the people in the modern world know what and where World Wide Web is. People can make use of it to learn languages anytime anywhere. For students,
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Almost all the people in the modern world know what and where World Wide Web is. People can make use of it to learn languages anytime anywhere. For students,
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computers dont' replace teachers, but improve learning technology.
we can talk with teacher by skype from difference site, and watch the same display of computer as we sit in the learning center to hear teacher's voice.
because the computer is so stupid that can't understand student's complicate question. so we must need teacher to modify our writing and talking.
In my opinion, computers are not able to replace all teachers of every field; however, teachers of language teaching may be replaced by computers. If every mom can teach her children how to listen, speak, read and write, there's no reason to not believe a computer with GOOD learning materials can teach languages. Hence, there are some important issues for academic research in language teahing:
1. how to develop/establish GOOD learning materials for computers;
2. how to evaluate learning materials for computers;
3. how to apply new technology to learning materials for computers.
Teachers or computers are just objects what students learn from. A teacher with good learning materials will not be replaced by a computer without good learning materials. A computer with good learning materials can easily replace a teacher without good learning materials. Yes! That's my point: materials decide everything. :D
By the way, not every computer is so stupid. My cellphone can understand my voice commands WITHOUT pre-learning my tone. In 1997, a chess-playing computer called "DEEP BLUE" won a gentleman who was a world chess champion. My point is that a well-designed computer is probably smarter than you and me. Not only web browsing, chating via internet, and email sending/receiving, a computer can do more than we know. Thus, please do not depreciate computers.
Information about DEEP BLUE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Deep_Blue
I can see Amon’s point about why computers cannot replace teachers given the authentic interactivity and corrective feedback from human teachers. I realize IT industry has kept researching on artificial intelligence and maybe someday a super computer may act like a real teacher. Who knows? Also, I appreciate How’s suggestions of the curriculum development, assessment and application in language instructional design. Good educational deliverables do take time/money to invest and test. I cordially wish there could be more funding for educators or designers to carry out theses jobs.
I don't think the web can replace the human touch. Teachers will always be needed. There's something about human nature wanting to communicate and be in touch with another living being. Furthermore, the human interaction makes the learning fun and interesting.
-Chialing
Hi Chialing, Are you the one I know at UPenn? I think human teachers will not be replaced by computers since machines don’t have feelings and souls. I enjoy having the personal connections with a real person since I am spending all day among technology.
I suppose web 2 can be beneficiary to the world audience for the expansion of creativities and ideas, a lot more users can gain knowledge through this user based system (where contents of the site are mainly contributed by the users themselves). But if speaking of language learning through web 2, I thought it never really is a very successful way in learning a language “correctly”, not that it does not influence the users who wish to learn another language and all, but more on the content posted up by different forums, blogs, social networking sites (facebook, myspace) in which anyone can have some say on a particular topic and publish it to the world at large. I think it is for this free expression of speech, free style communication that makes web 2 seems “unattractive” especially when users’ intensions aren’t sharing but in learning, thus there should be some cautions from the users in the material they are viewing. Don’t get me wrong, I am not an opponent in web 2, I just thought with the feature of it provides, precautions are necessary when language learners try to dive into this world of user-oriented community, where casual talk and slang are freely expressed. Since web 2 does support faster download and upload speed, stimulating wider spread of net learning technology, telecommunication and online language lessons can certainly be an aspect of web 2 where people do benefit from it by learning stuff online, language and etc.
Lastly, I think web 2 is far from replacing teachers; however it is capable of reaching a level where they can be the companion, tool of teachers.
A little helper at its best potential. lol
I don’t think computers could replace teachers, neither could the web 2.0 replace the language center. First, no matter how the technology develops, it lacks humanity. This is very similar to piano performance---the machine couldn’t replace the pianist because of lack of humanity and personal charm! Second, there may be technical problems from time to time with the technology/Internet/computers, and at the end, “humans” have to fix it. Therefore, I don’t think the application of web 2.0 for learning will replace the set-up of Language Learning Center in the future.
To Jack for his insightful feedback! Before fully diving into the world of Web 2.0, we users do need more attentive reading to rethink the essence of learning. In my interview clip 3 and 4, Dan V., a FLE PhD students and a beginning Mandarin Chinese leaner, also indicated the danger of this type of bottom-up approach given the possibility of the blind lead the blind, and the lack of a filtering system to verify the content. For this reason, I am sure that the teacher takes an indispensable role in facilitating learning as well as guiding the students on the targeted learning tasks. Technologies support the different subject areas of the main curriculum, but only within the appropriate use in the appropriate contexts and settings.
To Agnela, I think the technical problem in the IT implementation is not uncommon yet unavoidable. I can tell this from my experience of joining a World Geography Cultural Exchange Project at Anderson High School in Austin this fall semester. Guess what? The first day when assisting students with registering for the Gmail accounts, we got problems of cookies and wireless connection so our schedule was postponed a bit. But thanks God, we eventually found a multimedia room to take care of all the issues.
I think computer never replace teacher, after all, it just a machine. But computer really brings lots of benefits of our learing, we really can use it a lot! and sometime it can help teacher to teach students.
Hi Tillie, it's good to reflect on the pros and cons of the computer-mediated teaching and learning vs. the traditional teacher-based one, so we can know the appropriate timing to adopt computers to empower our individual learners through the lens of critical literacy where reading and writing go beyond the conventional fashion.
In the information explosion age, the computer is surely a convenient tool for our daily life. In school, teachers can use it to design more diverse and rich
curriculums, to incite students' learning motivation, and to interact with studentsd through email or discussion board. However, I don't think the computer can replace teachers, because it's just a tool to help teachers' teaching. In other words, if the computer has good influence on students' learning, that is because teachers use it very well on their teaching.
Hi Yi-ru, I think the assumption of the conclusion that computers can't replace teachers relies on good quality of teaching from teachers. I am sure you will be an outstanding teacher in the future considering your personality, profession and faith in God.
In my opinion, computers cannot totally replace positions of teachers. It is still have gap between students and computers that can not be so flawless to use although we can learn a lot via its convenient.
Hi Gelsomino,could you elaborate your ideas about the gap between students and computers as well as sth we might improve from the IT perspective? Cheers!
I am WenMing, I think the computer or networking equipment to reduce the cost and manpower costs, time costs.
This is because there are multiple components language, pronunciation, customs, history and culture, many. I think the greatest difference between man and machine, the people who moved and the cold machines.
Quick to learn a language, the need
1. Appropriate teachers, classmates fitness point
2. Sustainable environment
Although the high manpower costs,
You can use these new technologies, assistance, used together. Like, things will be different, put together, as if they are synchronized.
To WenMing, yes, computer machines per se can't move and are subject to locations compared to human teachers. Even with excellent computer-assisted language learning projects and state-of-the-art infrastructures, we still need good teachers and administrators to implement the ideas and guide students through the learning tasks and problem-solving processes.
I doubt that web learning technology can totally replace human teachers. Computer technology is definitely good in some aspects for learning language, such as enhance learners' listening skill. The reason is that computer won't complain the repetitive action. However, it also implies that it is just a machine and it will turn out to be boring activity.
To justwalking, I agree that machines won't complain the repetitive action. However, that also implies human teachers will get impatient and bored with the routine teaching job in a language classroom. My two cents! lol
I think computer can not replace all teachers. But, it is a good tools to teach English!And,computer is cold and doesn't have soul, no one likes the kind of things.
I agree with you. However, I think computers are necessary becasue it helps us gain some information. They are connected. Maybe for me, computers are not stupid at all
In my opinion, computers still can't replace teachers.
In my opinion, I think don't replace teachers. Because computer just can help you to learn better and quickly. If we have any problems in learning, actually, to talk to teachers is the best way.
Hi, I think that is really usefull for students learning English and others can also help to correct mistakes.
I think computer wull never replace teachers. Although both of computer and teachercan can teach students, but if students have questions, teachers can explain and describe clearier. Of course computers can do this, but if students can't understand, teachers can use another way to help students.
Hello! In my opinion, teachers are not replaceable by computers, but the internet tools can be the helpers to supply teachers some ways of teaching.
It seems you've know much about the
usage of the wide web in language
teaching, i think i can get more informantion for your blog,Nice to see you
I think "teacher" is still importment, computer is a tool of learning. If we want to learn well, we need the application of "teacher" and "computer."
Well, in my opinion, I think teacher won't be replaced by computer. Though technology improves day by day, it is still dead. No matter how technology developed, there is still things that machine couldn't achieve. For me, I think emotions and creation are the two thing that machine lack of. Besides, teacher can teach students in many ways to inspire their motivations toward study. To sum up, computer is really a convenient tool in our lives now. It will be needed in our daily life as an adjutant tool but it still couldn't replace human beings.
It is very convenience for us to use and improve our learning skill.And the user's view will be more extensive.
In my opinion, I think don't replace teachers. Because computer just can help you to learn better and quickly. If we have any problems in learning, actually, to talk to teachers is the best way.
I think human teaching and computer teaching both can working! if we use it together at the same time, that could be much more understandable!
The technology improve so quickly, but the computer will never replace human. It's just a tool to help people learn language in defferent ways. Language should learn by face to face.
Indeedly,computer has became a necessary tool for a lot of things.
But I don not think it would replace the role of teachers. most of all,people are rulers of ourselve,eventhought computer is an important tool ,it is just a machine people product at all,it can not replace humanbeing!
In my opinion, computer can't replace teachers. Although we can get a lot knowledge by using computer, teachers still play an important role in teacing. Because they can provide humanistic methods for various kinds of students. Computers can't do this very careful and attentive.
I think computers could never replace teacher but assist teacher. For me, computer is a tool that assists learners in language learning.
Although computers could make students get more information by their own, teachers still couldn't be replace by computer. Sometimes we face some oral problems maybe we need the "teacher" to slove them.
I don't think computer can resolve our questions easily, because computer is just a mechine. It can't really understand what we ask. However, computer is so convenient that we can use it everyday.
ya~ This is such an important issue for our children.RSS offers an easier way to get informations what we select. But it's convenient for industry students. For me, I cannot study anything in front of PC. Learning with a teacher can not only make our kids more concentrate on the class, but also become creative from interaction.
If oneday the computer replaces the teacher,the computer is a cold,no affective machine for the students. It will reduce the learning motivations of the students. Also,the computer cannot realize what the students really wants and needs.
In my opinion, computer is a tool for us to pass the difficulties we meet just the same as the convienience of taking a bus to school for knowledge. In the end we are offered learning materials from teachers. So I ain't afriad that teachers are going to be out of date!!
In teaching field, we have been trying different programs again and again, and we utilize various audiovisuals ourselves in order to make the students understand the lesson. However, those methods are sometimes still halting to support our teaching.
now, through the Internet, we would be easily able to show diverse learning resources to the students, which does benefit us a lot. But the question whether the teachers are needed is really hard to say.
Due to the learning background, we learn from the teachers because they could teach us and, most of all, share many individual experiences with us. Therefore, even though we can put any kind of materials on the Internet and make it action-packed, we may still prefer being taught live now. But, anything is possible, maybe the new generation will enjoy learning themselves since they could have new learning style. I'm quite interested in the future of teaching.
In my opinion, I think the application of web 2.0 for learning will replace the set-up of language learning center in the future. On the other hand, teachers will not be replaced by computures. Even though it is covinent for us to get any kind of informaion we want. The learning environment in the classroom and the learning materials can be changed into virtual computer world. But in fact, it's just a tool to assist us in our learning. Not every students have good ability in self-learning. They need teacher to give them knowledge. Trough teachers' experiences, they know what is most important to students. In the calssroom, teacher can interacts with students and they also can give teacher their feedback. Everyone can participate in each lesson.
There's always a trade-off no matter what kind of media we are opting to use in language education. Web provides a multitude of variety and possibility as well as reduce the cognitive load of Ss in terms of its richness. Nonetheless, as a teacher we should always have a clear picture in mind about where we are leading our Ss to. Say, the contexts, contents and their impacts on Ss' learning experience. That's the value of human teachers because we are able to create something out of nothing and make the impossible possible.
Even though computers are very powerful and helpful for learning, while they still cannot take over the place of teachers. Teachers can read students minds and encourage them if necessary. However, computers can be the beneficial tools for learning in many subjects. Glad to visit your blog. I'm a student of Teacher Joni. Your blog is highly suggested by her. I'll visit you again in the near future. See you!
Don't worry about that! In my opinion, computer would become an useful tool for teaching and learning(as you mention) but would not replace teachers. You can acquire a lots of knowledge from blog, video or audio to improve your language learning. You can also enhance and review what you have learned from web. But there is an important thing- human interaction, it's so natural and can't not be ignore.
Well, I think web 2.0 is really convenient for everyone. However, it's just only a tool for us. Teachers might use the computers to get some information they want. In my opinion, it's impossible that the computers can replace the teachers.
I think computers are very popular nowadays,everyone uses computers in their own way ,maybe search information or learn languages.For people,computers are so convenient to use.Even though,computers are not able to replace teachers,computer just a tool to help learning,it can not replace teacher's smile,bodylanguage and the smooth interaction ...,pupils need the authentic feedback and encourage,a computer can not give this kind of feelings.So as a teacher ,what we can do now is to improve our academic skills and keep all pupils in our mind ,I think human always can win the machines!!
I think the World Wide Web can't replace the Language Learning Center. Because there are many resources and materials that users have to pay the money on the websites. But, the Language Learning Center is free to use.
I think it's impossible for teachers or learning center to be replaced. there are still a lot of learning stuff that is better to be done face-by-face. Let's see how this world will be gone!:)
In my opinion, computers are not able to replace all teachers of every field; however, teachers of language teaching may be replaced by computers.
More recently, I have been thinking if I have a robot teacher, what will it be like? Maybe a bit bizarre and uncomfortable. While technology brings lots of conveniences, we still need to attentively think of the meaning of education and the varied factors impacted on students' psychological development plus their subject learning~lol
yes, it's true. I think that every teacher have to learn how to teach the students whith Web. It will be fun.
World Web Site is getting popular in the world and it is also integrated in our learning, but it can't replace teachers anymore. Teachers play important roles in students' learning. Teachers can be facilitators to asist students. Teachers can be participants to engage in activities with students. World web site cna't play these roles.
In nowadays, computers become more and more popular. People can use it to do many things, and the most important is, to get the useful information. But even though
computers are convenient, I don't think it can replace human beings.
Humans can do some lively thinking and changing when it needs; Computers can just give us the answer which had been set well. Moreover, people made computers. So eveything computer has is given by humans, and also been updated by humans. That's the reason why I don't think the computers can replace human beings.
In my opinion, I think we should use CMC(computer Mediated communication) as based, developing language teaching. That is, using the computer as assitant, teacher's teaching can be more variety and multiplicity than be taught only by teachers.
However, that't not mean the computer will replace the teacher. I think computer won't repalce teachers anymore because computer is just a assitant, it's too mechanical. Thus, the teacher is still the main role of language teaching.
i think computer is a way to help us learn language , but it can't replace teachers at all.
I think computer can't replace teacher, but teacher can use computer some function.
I think both are important, computer play an important role in this centery,but teacher can not disappear,too.
In my opinion, computer would become an useful tool for teaching and learning a language but would not replace teachers.
I think his thought is correct. We all need a computer to do everything, especially learning. The technology become an important part in our life. But I think, a computer is still a machine. We still need a real person, teacher, to lead us learning.
For me, I don't think that the technology will replace the teachers. Although nowadys we need many sources of teaching materials by computers, what we need to is the interaction with the teacher.
I think that computer won't replace teacher in the future. Computer is only a technology, it can't have good interactions with students, it answer the queations which students ask are by setting in advance. Teacher is more important than computer.
I was a cram school teacher. The policy of that cram school declare that students can use only computer to learn English. In fact, the learning software is made by two Taiwan national univerity professiors and is really great. However, there are still some flaws. First, no matter how wonderful and interestin the learning software is, most students can not be calm and concentrate on the courses more than 30 minutes. Second, they are sometimes confused about the direction of letters. For example, "b" and "d" are the most common events. I think that's because they are lack of writing experiences. Last, computer equipment is very expensive than other tradition teaching classroom,some students still can't afford it. So I think compuers can not replace teachers.
I think computer will not replace teacher, because humans' brain can creat any teaching method appropriately to teach students. Computer doesn't have life, so its thinking is still limited.
Although the techology is increasing develop recently. Some people may think that computer or elearning system can replace teacher which means students don't need teacher anymore. However,I beleive that computer can not replace the teacher because the computer can not figure out what we are asking and teach. It could analzy our sound, our words, but it can not response. The e-learning can only be the assistance; it would never be the center of teaching.
I think that computers can not replace teachers. But computers are good tools for learning and teaching. Teacher can teach language through computer, and students can learn language by the help of camputer.
Technologies are created by human, and human should not be conroled by computers.
However, Web 2.0 effects our daily life so large that we can not ignore the existense the magic power of Web 2.0.
The computers will not be able to replace the education functions of the teachers , but if the teachers can use the technology just like Web 2.0, I believe that the theaching processes will be improved.
Unboubtedly,this is the era of the powerful computers and this kind of devices actually makes us deal with questions more convenient, faster and precisely.Even though the computers contains plenty of useful things for us to utilize them, it still lacks of the self thinking ability to solve various problems. The computers only give the anwsers that human set for them. I still consider that humanity's effect is more than computers.
I think computer is a good tool for learning, but it should be used in proper way.
Technology is constantly changing. The www has now evolved into “Web 2.0” and is the second wave of the World Wide Web. Most of us still follow the textbook type of teaching, where the students are made to by-heart, recite and write what is taught by us. As teachers how evolved are we in terms of incorporating technology with the curriculum? In an era of global connectivity teachers should be actively involved to make the students aware of the digital tools available and how effectively they can be used for learning purposes. Such learning methodologies creates a sense of “self directed” learning and problem solving attitude among students.
This is fascinating.
I’d been taught that left-aligned labels are preferred, to support the prototypical F-shaped eye-tracking heatmap of web browsing. The idea is that it supports easy vertical scanning.
online education
In my point of view, thought computers can do things which beyond our imagination; however, computers are not able to replace teachers. Also, it is human being who designed the computers and the program to help ourselves. It is impossible that computers can exceed the ability of mankinds.
I think that computers can not replace teachers; it is just a system which improves learning technology. We can ask some questions about those courses on the Internet with our teachers, but those questions can not stand for students understand from this communication. So I think that computers just assist in teaching.
I believe that computers can't replace teachers because that computers don't have ife. It can't do something that human beings can do. For example, the computer can't have the consciousness to explain the content at any time. However, if teachers can understand and apply computers more,then he or she will replace computers.
As a student,I think computers will not replace teachers because of two reasons. First of all, teachers can communicate and interact with students at any time in class, but computers don't. Computers don't know how students learned in class. Second, I think teachers are more effective than computers because students need to be pushed bt teachers.
In my opinion,I think with the help of computer can gather many information together,but it couldn't replace the position of teacher because teacher can teach students step by step even by their progress,and it's more active for students to absorb those knowledge.I think this is a very important function that only human can do.So combine the convenience of the internet and the teaching of real teacher would be much better!
In my opinion, computer can not replace teachers. Computer is a tool of improving learning or techonology, but teachers' teaching way may be changed by computers.
We know that computer will never replace teachers but using clt is the answer to outdated traditonally boring teaching. Today I use the you tube teaching my student phrasal words that can be useful for speaking. I must say all my chhildren look forward this type of teaching technique because it fun and animated. Most children can start speaking english immediately
Well, although nowadays computers are advance very much, but if we use computers in the class, I think it is not better than there is a "real" person to teach students, because if there is an 'alive' teacher in front of the students and he/she uses his/her body language to teach students, I think it is the good way for students to learn. In my opinion, computer is just a assist tool to help teachers and students learn more. So I don't think the computer will replace the teacher.
In my opinion, I think it is impossible for computers to replace teachers. Because it is only a tool to help teachers in the education. After all it just a machine. There is no emotion. As a teacher, he can communication with students and encourage students. Therefore, even in the future, the application of web 2.0 will be better and better, it is still hard for it to replace teachers
In my opinion, I don't think that computer will replace teachers, but maybe we can talk to teacher at our home by webcam in the future.
Although we can search a lot of imformation on the Internet, but we still have to confess that most of us are lazy and passive, so we need a teacher to push us to forward. That's why teacher are definitely not replaced by computer.
I think teacher won't be replace by the computer because the computer can't as human being. But I think computer is the helper for teaching.
The computer,of course,is convenient,which can help us a lot with searching the information we want. However, the computer is just a machin which is not alive, and its thinking will not be developed as well as our brain. Therefore,a teacher's teaching may make us know more about knowledge.
Although the computer is very popular and useful technology for our learning now, it can't replace the importance of teachers. When we have problems with learning, teachers can answer our questions, give us some advice, and give us feedback. This job can not be replaced by the computer.
In my opinion,teachers will never be relpaced by computers. Although computer is very essentail for us in the modern times, it's just a tool to make our life more convenient. And the computer is not alive which cannot have coversation with people. When we have some questions for homework, we just google for it. However, i think the answer will not let you understand more than someone teach you in front of your face.
we all know that www but we sometimes will forget what it means. thank you anyway!
I think computers can help teacher to teach students, and quickly make students understand what actually teacher's want and student's will.
I'm a student, and I think computers cannot replace "real" teachers. Due to the fact that computers are a kind of artificial intelligence, when they encounter problems which are not settle in advance, they will still need human's help.
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