Educational Technology Transforming Language Classrooms

Explore the transformative power of Educational Technology (Edtech) in language classrooms! In this blog, we delve into how Edtech is reshaping language education and offering exciting opportunities for both teachers and students.

Edtech is transforming language classrooms worldwide and provides new opportunities for teachers and students alike to enhance their experiences, inside and outside of the classroom. Edtech has the ability to transform how we approach language learning. The innovative tools and techniques that it allows teachers and learners to employ has the potential to greatly enhance the learning outcomes of language learners. This is an exciting prospect! The following blog will discuss how edtech can help transform the traditional language classroom.

Student Engagement

Edtech has the potential to make language learning more accessible, efficient and interactive for learners. Edtech tools enable students to immerse themselves in the language that they are learning. Teachers can use edtech tools to bring their lessons to life. Giving students the ability to practise content that they are learning in the classroom in their own time, in a manner that is fun and interactive, helps to ensure that students are truly engaging with the content. Technology is a huge part of most of our lives with smartphones, tablets, and computers. The modern student is familiar and comfortable with these technologies so including the use of these technologies in their learning process is hugely beneficial. 

Edtech to Enhance Speech

One of the biggest difficulties when learning a new language is pronunciation. Students can often feel nervous and lack confidence when trying to speak the language they are trying to learn. This hinders the language learning process. Edtech tools have been developed to help students overcome this obstacle. It enables students to take control of their learning journey. The development of speech-recognition technology allows students to practise speaking the language they are trying to learn in their own time, outside of the classroom, in an environment where they feel more comfortable. This technology allows students to speak and receive feedback on their pronunciation. Interactive edtech tools can simulate real-life conversations from the comfort of a student’s own home. 

Gamification

Learner motivation plays a crucial role in language learning. Gamification of learning materials provides many benefits for language learners. It provides an interactive experience for learners to practise the language they are learning in a more fun and exciting way than the traditional classroom may offer. It also creates a healthy competitive environment where students are encouraged to do their best, top leaderboards, win prizes, and compete against their peers. An important benefit of this is that students are encouraged to actively participate in the exercises/games. This results in students thinking critically and actively participating rather than simply looking up answers. The instant feedback and results learners receive after completing these games is a source of encouragement and motivation to continually improve.

How Nualang Can be Used

Nualang was created to get your students speaking with confidence. Our innovative and interactive features are built for language learning. Teachers can upload their own content which Nualang can then turn into digital exercises for their students to complete. Nualang has a number of game modes such as fill in the blanks, story mode, roleplays, and chatbots. Our interactive game modes provide a fun and interactive experience for your students to practise communicating in the language that they are learning.