Integrating Foreign Language Skills with the Potential of Technology

Maria Elena Gherdan

doi:10.2478/rjes-2022-0001

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Integrating Foreign Language Skills with the Potential of Technology

Romanian Journal of English Studies

Volume 19 (2022): Issue 1 (November 2022)

By: Maria Elena Gherdan

Open Access

|Dec 2022

Abstract

Utilizing different types of technology in the EFL classroom increases overall comprehension, meaningful learning, time management, allowing for combined learning methodologies. Technology provides great opportunities for making learning more effective and motivating. The paper examines the role of technology in teaching the integrated skills approach focusing on the use of different digital devices associated with online technology in the context of language teaching and learning.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2022-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 6

Published on: Dec 16, 2022

Published by: West University of Timisoara

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

EFL learning,

online technology,

integrated skills

Related subjects:

Linguistics and semiotics,

Theoretical frameworks and disciplines,

Linguistics, other,

Germanic languages,

English

© 2022 Maria Elena Gherdan, published by West University of Timisoara
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Volume 19 (2022): Issue 1 (November 2022)