Chapter 1

Introduction to ICT in

Language LearningBy Hartoyo, M.A., Ph.D

Prepared by:

Kin Susansi

Neng Syamsiyah

Sinta Dewi R

What is ICT?

● ICT = Information & Communication

Technology

● No universal definition

● Information & Communication Technology

(Shore, Levis, Hubbley, Hartoyo) :

o The scientific knowledge of art or skills on how

to interact between interlocutors in

transferring processed & meaningful data as

well as ideas, emotions, skills and knowledges.

DEFINITIONS

● Technology functioning to support the

process of conveying information and

communication especially in education

areas (Hartoyo).

● CALL (Computer-Assisted Language

Learning), the internet, generic computer

applications.

ICT in Education

1. Exposure to ‘authentic’ language

2. Access to wider sources

3. Opportunities to communicate with

outside world

4. A learner-centered approach

5. Development of learner autonomy

ICT in Language Learning

Advantages

ICT in General Context

❖ Standard office applications

○ Word processing

E.g. Microsoft Word: write, letters, reports etc.

○ Spreadsheets

E.g. Microsoft excel; Analyze financial information; calculation;

create forecasting models etc.

○ Database software

E.g. Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Access; Managing data in many forms,

from basic lists (e.g. customer contrast through to complex material

(e.g. catalogue).

○ Presentation soft-ware:

E.g Microsoft Powerpoint: Make presentations, and publish in digital

format via email or over the internet.

● Desktop Publishing

E.g. Adobe InDesign, Quark express, Microsoft Publisher: produce

newsletter, magazines and other complex document.

● Graphics software

● E.g. Adobe photoshop and Illustrator; Marcromedia Freehand and

fireworks; create and edit images such as logos, drawings or pictures

for use in DTP, web sites or other publications.

❖ Specialist applications

● Accounting package

E.g. Sage Oracle: Manage an organization’s accounts including

revenues/sales, purchases, bank accounts etc.

● Computer Aided Design

Computer Aided Design (CAD) is the use of computers to assist the

design process, it exist for many types of design: architectural,

engineering, electronics, roadways

● Customer Relation Management (CRM).

Sofware that allows businesses to better

understand their customers by collecting and

analyzing data on them such as their product

preferences, buying habits etc. Often linked to

software applications that run call centers and

loyalty cards for example.

HYPERTEXT AND HYPERMEDIA

● Hypertext is an electronic document

that links information with associated

materials non-sequentially.

● Opening information of our interest

without have to start from the first

document.

● For instance: a link displays

documents A,B,C,D. We can open

document D without starting from

document A.

Ted Nelson

THE HYPERTEXT

● Hypertext → electronic document in the

form of plain text connects to other plain

texts

● Hypermedia → plain text connects to

other media such as graphics, video,

spreadsheet, animation, and sound.

The DIFFERENCE

➢ Ease of tracing references or creating new

references

➢ Information structuring

➢ Global views

➢ Customized documents

➢ Modularity of information

➢ Consistency of information

➢ Task stacking

➢ Collaboration

THE ADVANTAGES

➢Disorientation problems

➢A massive number of nodes make

information hard to be obtained

THE PROBLEMS WITH HYPERTEXT

➢For business

➢For information resources

➢For education- The computer assisted learning (CAL) → for personal

learning

- for clearer explanations, description and illustration

using pictures, sound, music, animation, and video.

HYPERTEXT AS APPLICATION

● For learning language and teaching purposes

● Learning all language skills: listening, speaking,

reading, writing as well as vocabulary and

grammar

● The best and most successful result in learning

grammar

HYPERTEXT FOR

LANGUAGE LEARNING