Use of digital media in ELT:

new trends, perspectives

Almataeva Bibigul, EGD(R)-86, 4th year
Discipline: “New approaches to teaching and assessment in the context of the updated content of education in the Republic of
Kazakhstan”
The Content

1. Brief information and importance of use digital media in ELT

2. Types of digital media in ELT
3. Advantages and Disadvantages of using digital media in ELT
4. Conclusion
 "Technology has turned into one essential aspect of society that helps students to
understand the bigger picture of the world and not just stay confined to what schools
and teachers teach them within their classrooms"

– Prajesh SJB Rana

Types of Digital Media in ELT

● Blended Learning
● Big Data and Learning Analytics
● Flipped Learning
● Massive Open Online Courses
● Mobile learning
The use of augmented and
virtual reality in ELT
Augmented reality mixes real
and digital, creating a hybrid
reality.
Virtual reality is a computer technology that creates an
environment that is fictional or reflects the real world,
where users can enter and interact as if it were real.
Advantages and Disadvantages of using digital media in
ELT

Advantages: Disadvantages
● Motivates Students to Learn English ● Emphasis on the Supplementary of Effective
● Develops Students' Communicative Competence
Teaching
● Widens Students' Knowledge about the Culture of
● Lack of Communication between Teachers
English
● and Students
Improves Teaching Efficiency
● ● Lack of Real-Time Teaching
Creates a Conducive Teaching Environment in the
Classrooms ● Loss of Students' Logical Thinking
● Provides Opportunities for English Teaching ● Expensive Way of Conducting Language
outside the Classrooms Classes
Opinion & Thoughts
Thank you for attention