The History of Educational Technology in ELT

By mel.g
  • First Language Labs

    First Language Labs
    Washington State College had classrooms for phonetics laboratory.
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    Magnetic Tape Recorders

    Tape recorders usually used by the language labs.
  • The Army Method

    The Army Method
    The army method, also known as audio-lingual method did not introduced new educational technology, the method effected how languages were taught for nearly a century.
  • The Language Labs

    The Language Labs
    English Language lab is based on the methodology of LSRW skills that are listening, speaking, reading and writing. These language laboratories are mainly an educational platform for students to learn and understand the basics of a language in a structured way.
  • Photocopier

    Photocopier
    Using photocopiers and scanners, language teachers gained access to multiplied printed copies of digital materials such as flashcards, worksheets, handouts used for language teaching.
  • CALL

    CALL
    Computer-assisted language learning has started.
  • The Audio Cassette

    The Audio Cassette
    The audio cassette, also called the Compact Cassette or simply the tape, is a recording format that was first introduced in 1963 to fill a need in the then available audio recording media options.
  • Personal Computer

    Personal Computer
    IBM introduced the first personal computer.
  • Compact Disc (CD)

    Compact Disc (CD)
    Compact disc (CD) is developed. It is used to distribute computer software and multimedia applications that are used in the language classroom.
  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web
    World Wide Web has been introduced and it became one of the greatest tools in classrooms.
  • Google Translate

    Google Translate
    Google Translate is a free multilingual machine translation service developed by Google, to translate text, speech, images, sites, or real-time video from one language into another.
  • Learning Management Systems (LMS)

    Learning Management Systems (LMS)
    Learning management systems enables a digital area to students and teachers where they can do everything electronically.