Highlight on the 28th CDELT National Symposium
on English Language Teaching
Saturday 1st March-Monday 3rd March,2008
The advantages and disadvantages of using
the modern technology
" Technology is a blessing and a curse "
"It is two edged weapon"
* We refer to technological devices as facilitators of
communication in transferring information.
. * It may seem contradictory to refer to technology
as a passive element which weakens or spoils communication.
We all notice that younger generations are in full
command of its use,while parents are not.
reversal of the family roles.
* Also, These generations lose the emotive communicative
urge and turn into one-way contact creatures
who are silent, deteched and unwilling to contribute
instant direct feedback even in answering a phone call.
It seems that human beings are losing the
" Concentration,
Consideration
and Contemplation"
They have great effects on the family and social level.
The absence of the three Cs :-
1- Concentration :
Life without it means
Negative presence of individuals in family and society.
Destruction in dealing with others.
Pulling oneself out of the real world.
* No radical improvement change in society.
2- Consideration :
Life without consideration means
* Disregard and disrespect for others.
* No concernment about fellow human.
* Tendency to hurt and harm others.
3- Contemplation:
Life without contemplation means
* Neglecting the abilities and the power of the brain.
* losing the time to sit and think.
The effects of modern technology of communication
on language.
" lose of linguistic competence"
If you lose language,
you lose intellect.
اذا ضاعت اللغة ----- ضاع الفكر
The outcomes of this bad effect on language :-
1- No fluency
2- Very poor vocabulary
3- No well- defined system of thought
4- Repetitive use of expressions
Ignore him نفض
Make your head big كبرّ
The speech died مات الكلام
سكت الكلام
Thank you
