Why should the language teacher be concerned with ICT?

Here are some of the benefits of ICT that have been identified by teachers:

• ICT is motivating both for students and for teachers. It makes the learning process more enjoyable.

• ICT offers a wide range of multimedia resources enabling text, still images, audio and video to be combined in interesting and stimulating ways for presentation purposes in the classroom, using a data projector and an interactive whiteboard. 

• ICT offers opportunities for intensive one-to-one learning in a multimedia computer lab. 

• ICT offers access to a rich resource of authentic materials on the Internet. 

• ICT offers access to a wide range of authentic materials on CD-ROM and DVD. 

• ICT makes worldwide communication possible via email and via audio- and videoconferencing with native speakers. 

• ICT can open up a new range of self-access and distance learning opportunities, thereby making access to learning more widely available to students who have to study outside normal hours, who live in remote areas, or who have special needs. (Copied from http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_mod1-1.htm#anchor257911)