Patri: It is said that the use of new
technologies stimulate children for learning lots of school skills like the
learning of a second language. But why? How? And when?
Me: It
is difficult to learn a new language, especially if you are an adult. The best
time to learn a language is when we are children. For that reason we have to
take advantage of that age.
Patri: There are lots of advantages
and disadvantages to traditional teaching. Among others, most of them are the
following ones.
Me: On
the one hand, learning a new language can bring us problems. For example, when
I enrolled to learn German I left it in the first year. The reason for this was
that every time I tried to speak English I used words of German. Finally I
decided to stop learning German and focus on English.
Me: On
the other hand, learning a new language makes you more competent. You don’t
need a translator or a dictionary. In addition, speaking a new language implies
understanding a lot of words of some languages of the same family. For example
if you learn Spanish you can understand a lot of words of French, Catalan,
Italian…
Me: Nowadays,
new technologies can help us to learn more.
Patri: Firstly, teachers can help
their students in a more individualized way with the use of websites, blogs and
many other internet tools that stimulate learning. Fact that couldn't be
carried out with the traditional system because of the huge number of children
that a teacher had in class.
Patri: Moreover, the use of new technologies develops students autonomy and encourages children to learn a second language too. This happens because lots of websites appear in English and children must learn English in order to understand the information. Besides, the students have to compare lots of sources of information.
Me: In
conclusion, is obvious that it is important to learn a new language. It is also
obvious that all these have many benefits. But in my opinion, as we have said
before, we have to take advantage of the first ages to learn a lot of
languages, at least three or four.
Patri: Therefore, I think that new
technologies are a great tool to develop students learning because internet has
more information than books and then children can look at different sites to
find what they are searching for. But, on the other hand, students mustn't
forget that books contain a great treasure too.
AND THIS IS ALL! THANKS FOR ALL PATRI :)
