ComputersandEnglishAmatchmadeinHeaven!.ppt

Computers and English: A match made in Heaven ! 熊本県内高等学校英語教育研究大会 Kumamoto　Prefecture High School English Teachers Conference 平成１5年１1月1３日 米岡ジュリ (Judy Yoneoka) 熊本学園大学英米学科 (English Dept. Kumamoto GAKUEN University) Why? Two requirements for being in the top 5% in the 21st century: Computer ability and English ability A quick survey 1 Do you know use E-mail? Chat or messenger services? BBS (bulletin boards)? Mailing lists? Online dictionaries or encyclopedias? Online translation sites? A quick survey 2 At your school do you have use A computer lab? A language lab? Access to internet? Free student access after class? OFFICE (word, excel, powerpoint) MSN (AOL, etc.) messenger? Facts about computers About 300 million computers in use in 1999 About 500 million users of Internet (and growing by leaps and bounds) Keitai users are internet users too! (I-mode, J-Sky, EZ-web) Facts about English About 375 million ENL users (English as a native language) About 375 million ESL users (English as a second language) About 750 million EFL users (English as a foreign language) Graddoll 1995 =The most widely used language in the world! =3/4 of the world’s English users are non-native! Links between Computers and English 70% of Internet home pages are in English 40% of Internet users are (native?) English speakers Iseri 2002 In Japan, over 95% of Japanese computer vocabulary is in Katakana In Africa: Internet usage in 2001 was almost 4 times higher in English countries than in non-English countries (although the latter outnumber the former by 33 to 22)　Iseri 2002 Examples of computer use in my English classes Listening Writing Speaking World Englishes American Studies Current Events Computers and English Approach to Computers and English （Old Model） Computers and English As Education Materials“Leading students to drink” My study page One example English conversation, games, quizzes, travel sites, translation sites, on-line dictionaries