Here, I am sharing my thoughts related with very crucial topic on technology and teachers, can technology replace teachers? this is very trendy and very burning question now a days so here is my task activity given by hon. prof. Dilip Barad sir.
We are assign to watch some videos and then share our point of views regarding it, here is the video,
David Crystal has talked about the changes in English language after arriving of certain technologies. He has given example of printing, Telephone, broadcasting, and internet. He says that every time with new technology, new language also introduced to suit that technology. He also talked about the text messages and twitter. He refers to the short length of messages and tweet and says that has bring the abbreviation of the words in use. People tend to think that this abbreviation will ruin the English language but he says that it is not so. These abbreviation of is only 10 percent in the text. Other 90 percent remain the standard English or any English which is used by people. So he basically throws the light on how with the arrival of new technology, people also think and write in new way. Technology bring the new aspect of language, or new way of writing language.
Language teaching is hardest job according to David Crystal. We all will agree on that. He also has given reasons that why it is the hardest job. First he says that because the language which teacher use and the language which students use are different. In the time of internet new words can be reach to the people in no time. Because of this the students will have different vocabulary then the teacher. Now in this time pf internet teacher should also need to keep pace with the changing world. Teachers have to knew the new words same as their students do. They have to keep all the information which is spreading widely around them. This is the challenge which language teacher has to face. Secondly he says that there is variety of English language and its accents. Teacher should teach students to listen the other accents which are not RP. Teacher should make their students ready for the differences. They can not say that this is the only correct pronunciation. This is another challenge or rather say duty of teacher to make their students accept the differences.
This is the era of pace, where everything happens faster. So teacher has to be up to date as quick as possible. There are so many languages and it's different accents makes things more complicated. But one should know that English is a global language, it can be different like An Indian, African, Australian, etc. Language moves faster. But internet has helped a lot in understanding. In addition he tells that teaching is the most difficult job to do.
Here he talks about the benefits which texting is giving to English language. He also talk about the myth of texting that kids use abbreviation in text and because of that they don’t know how to spell correct word. David here says that kids do abbreviation because for them it is cool to do it. Secondly he says that if they are shortening the word in first place they know the full word. Another myth about texting is that kids will use their abbreviation in other writings also and they will fail in the exams. Here David says that he has gone to school and ask to kids that will they use text abbreviation in exams and he says that kids are smarter these days, they say that it will make them look dumb. Then he talk about that how it is good for literacy. The person who can read and write is called literate and it will be perfect only by practice. Here David says that texting is making people literate because they are practicing reading and writing. By all these things he says that texting is good for English language.
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