LITERACY PROCESS ESSAY

OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION.- Electronic sources have been part of our lives for many years now. They have been used with the purpose of simplifying our lives.

I. THE BEGINNING
a. How I started using electronic tools.
b. Use of internet, e-mails, chat-rooms, blogs, etc.

II. MY EXPERIENCES WITH ELECTRONIC TOOLS NOWADAYS
a. Influence of electronic tools in L2
b. Strengths and weaknesses

III. THE FUTURE
a. Educational or professional research using electronic tools.

CONCLUSION.- Electronic tools have been useful through our educational formation in order to make our living simpler

ELECTRONIC TOOLS IN OUR DAILY LIFE

Electronic sources have been part of our lives for many years now. They have been used with the purpose of simplifying our lives. But, is it possible for all of us to know how to use the technology that is invading every aspect of our lives nowadays? For many reasons, knowing about the use of electronic sources is important. Since we are studying a major, many technological factors have influenced our learning. Let us check some aspects about my experience in this topic.

At secondary school, the use of e-mail was not even important. However, in high school the use of technology increased suddenly, not for assignments but to make friends through chat rooms, to know about famous people and to watch videos in “youtube”. The formal use of technology (I mean, with the purpose of a benefit) started when I entered the university. Assignments were more focused on practice through the use of web pages designed to practice English language skills and the use of word processors (word and excel) in order to write essays, investigations and other similar homework assignments. Moreover, the use of e-mail, facebook, hi5, myspace allowed us to make comments in our friends’ profiles and to know people around the world. Moreover, we can use internet in order to create a better culture in our lives.

In my major, the B.A. in ELT (English Language Teching), the use of technology has become essential in our learning. For instance, the use of web pages where we can find TOEFL exercises to practice to get a good grade in the fifth semester. Blogs and the moodle platform are like a support for us to send assignments and to download documents that are necessary for our development, etc. However, not everybody has enough knowledge to use technology which makes its use difficult. For instance, my weaknesses are to download important web pages which might be useful and the use of important words to investigate throughout search engines that make its use more stressful and tedious. But it could be really helpful in the near future.

As I said before, the use of technology in the major is increasing more through time. As a tool for teachers, it might be useful in the research for writing the thesis at the end of the eight semesters. Throughout this time, students are asked to practice by themselves which develops self-learning culture to increase students’ knowledge. It is important to emphasize that as technology is renewing every minute, teachers must update in the use of to be able to provide students with a better knowledge of this helpful tool. Internet is full of instruments which will facilitate the elaboration of assignments that are designed for students’ improvement.

As a conclusion, electronic tools are used for all kind of assignments and investigations. These have helped people to make their lives easier by saving time and finding all the topics needed in the progress of every worker and student. However, it is necessary to know how to use them correctly and not to get frustrated in the process. As time goes by, the use of technology is increasing, so it is important to adapt classes and our way of living to these sources.