1. Windows on the world: The role of new technologies in teaching and learning English Alan Pulverness Norwich Institute for Language Education

2. Technology will not replace teachers… …but teachers who understand technology will replace those who do not. Ray Clifford

3. Capabilities Communication Information Reference Multimedality Interactivity Community Feedback

4. Challenges What is the added value of ICT in language learning and teaching? What are the possible risks or disadvantages? How can teachers and learners enable themselves to get the most out of ICT?

5. Benefits  Encouraging critical thinking  Interaction in speech and writing  Cross-cultural awareness  Collaboration  Exploring identities  Creativity

6. Risks  Technology for its own sake  Style over substance  Unreliable information  Digressions and distractions  Teacher-fronted instruction  Plagiarism

7. Strategies Choose the right tools Develop digital (re)search skills Be suspicious of information Triangulate your sources Join / Establish virtual communities Share your discoveries Question your use of technology

8. ICT For learners learning resources wealth of information: content & language greater autonomy potential for interactivity: local to global democratising the classroom For teachers teaching resources not just another tool, but a whole toolbox multi-dimensionality access to the real world motivational asset

9. Conclusions (for teachers and learners) Ensure that technology serves teaching / learning Be circumspect about the quality of information Enable learners to become digitally literate