KOMPJUTERSKI PODRŽANA KOMUNIKACIJA U UČENJU ENGLESKOG JEZIKA
COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

Summary/Abstract: Communication has invariably been an essential part of human existence. With technological improvements in the contemporary era, communication is brought to a yet another stage - we increasingly communicate by means of computer. Thus, we employ computer-mediated communication (CMC) in different spheres of our lives. In particular, business and educational affairs are taken care of more swiftly, effortlessly and frequently more productively. Thanks to its strong points, CMC is gaining popularity even among educators. Educators that are continuously on their quest for beneficial means and methods to apply in the teaching environments. With regard to that, Skype, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Yahoo Messenger are step by step conquering the academic sphere. The aim of this paper is to probe into styles of exploitation of CMC in English language learning (ELL), factors exerting impact on the implementation of CMC as well as current CMC environments focusing on their efficacy in teaching contexts, based on the portion of the research work of the researchers interested in the subject. Furthermore, a survey was conducted among students to establish how and to what extent they make use of CMC tools in English language learnning (ELL). It was established that students do use CMC for academic purposes, specifically English language learning, and that CMC genuinely has a variety of pedagogical implications. This borne in mind, teachers are encouraged to integrate CMC at least to a specific extent in the established learning/teaching process.

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