The Influence of Technology on the Language Use

Nana Pertaia
Shota Meskhia State Teaching University of Zugdidi

Abstract

Always vivid or not all technology influences a language. As technology is a means to extend man's achievements, then it is necessarily linked with a language, in the sense that both natural languages and technologies give opportunities to perform things in almost any area of human activity. We are getting used to the idea of rapidly developing technologies altering the way we do things. Though technologies inevitably affect our language and these changes determine our speech and way of thinking. The field of second and foreign language education has witnessed the impact of computer technology for decades, but efforts to integrate technology have at times presented various challenges to educators due to rapid advances in technology and occasional changes in language teaching methods. The opportunities and challenges connected with the technology use in language education need to be identified. At a regular basis the technology allows the user to differentiate among possible interactions he or she is willing to utilize. As a result, this enables the designer to necessarily employ the features users find most useful. While studying language and technology, the technology influences on the language use is clear, but one should not assume that the use of technology to mediate the language necessarily changes everything.


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