SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE COMPUTER THAT GIVE IT THE POTENCIAL TO OFFER SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM TRADITIONAL TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS

1. COMPUTER FEATURES USED FOR THE
TEACHING AND LEARNING OF THE
LANGUAGES
HYPERTEXT
THESE ARE KEY WORDS USUALLY IN
UNDERLINED BLUETYPE THAT WHEN
SELECTED OR CLICKED, TAKE THE
READER TO A REFERENT. THIS
REFERENT COULD BE A SEPARATE
SCREEN OR SO-CALLED PAGE THAT
REPLACES THE FIRST PAGE OR SIMPLY
A BOX OF TEXT FLOATING ABOVE THE
INITIALPAGE.THIS FEATURE LINKSTEXT
TO TEXT. IT CAN BE VERY HELPFUL IN
TEACHING NEW VOCABULARY IN A
READING FOR EXAMPLE SO STUDENTS
DON´T HAVE TO ASK FOR THE
MEANING TO THE TEACHER.
HE IS GORGEOUS
MULTIMEDIA
ONE WAY TO DIFFERENCIATE HYPERMEDIA
FROM MULTIMEDIA IS THAT WHERE THE
FORMER MIGHT TAKE HAND OF TWO TYPES
OF MEDIA: TEXT+SOUND;
TEXT+PHOTOGRAPH. WHILE MULTIMEDIA
TENDS TO LINK SEVERAL TYPES INCLUDING
TEXT, IMAGES, SOUND, VIDEOS AND/OR
ANIMATIONS.
AS YOUL’LL HAVE ALREADY NOTICE, THIS
COULD BE A POWERFUL TOOL IN TEACHING
AND LEARNING LANGUAGE SINCE YOU CAN
COVER DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE.
HYPERMEDIA
THIS IS SIMILAR TO HYPERTEXT BUT
MORE COMPLETE, IT CAN LINK NOT
ONLY TEXT TO TEXT BUT VARIOUS
MEDIA SUCH AS SOUNDS, IMAGES,
ANIMATION AND /OR VIDEO.
AND OF COURSE THIS COULD BE A
REALLY USEFUL TOOL IN TEACHING A
LANGUAGE. FOR EXAMPLE USING
HYPERTEXT WE CAN GIVE THE
MEANING OF A NEW WORD BUT WITH
HYPERMEDIA NOT ONLY THAT BUT
ALSOITS PRONUNCIATION.ORGICING
MEANINGS BY MEANS OF PICTURES.