Social Media to Acad Media: A Paradigm shift in English Language Teaching
Keywords:
Social Media, Acad Media, ICT,, ELT, Web 2.0, Facebook, What’s App, BlogAbstract
The present paper deals with the novel concept of converting a Social Media into an Academic Media aka Acad Media with reference to English Language Teaching. With the advent of Web 2.0, there has been found lots of potentials in using internet and technology for the purpose of effective and better education which has also been an area of research under the title of Educational Technology in recent years. The researchers have tried to highlight and explore the various tools of Social Media which can be used as one of the effective tools for effective English Language Teaching. The researchers have tried out Facebook, What’s App, Blogs along with other ICT tools in order to find the effectiveness in English Language Teaching. The researchers have revealed through the research that it would be better to offer new learning opportunities at the platform where the learners are comfortable instead of inviting them to teachers’ platform. The 21st century has brought enormous pedagogical innovations which have opened up the new vista of English Language Teaching with the help of ICT and Social Media. The four walls of the classroom have been replaced by Facebook wall and the role of a teacher has been replaced by a trainer to a facilitator.
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