FORUM: The Impact of Digital Education on TESOL
Phillip Alexander Towndrow · Computer Assisted Language Learning · 1999
This paper discusses the application of digital technologies in education and questions the extent to which increases in the power of computing are reflected in the amount of progress made in using computers in the field of English Language Teaching. This concern arises from the known difficulties of using the computer as a reading medium and describes two potential problem areas in language pedagogy when analogue materials are replaced by digital forms: namely, the World Wide Web and language assessment testing. The paper concludes by identifying a number of areas in digital education where research could be usefully undertaken.