Abstract
This study aims to explore the nature of websites and their practical integration in a specially conceived English class - a radically new approach in the context of Albanian teaching traditions. The comparative analysis between two classes based on a broad range of data on the relative merits of traditional and innovative teaching methods leads to the conclusion that websites serve as a catalyst in the process of acquiring the various language skills. They are particularly helpful in integrating these skills as organic parts of a solid linguistic competence and contextualizing them in the ever-broader framework of intercultural communication - a distinctive feature of contemporary global society. Notwithstanding the drawbacks and difficulties that attend the application of web-based methods in SLT, the resulting advantages are so great as to constitute a paradigmatic shift in teaching practice and a qualitative leap forward in the promotion of autonomous and content-based learning. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n11p577
Highlights
This study aims to explore the nature of websites and their practical integration in a specially conceived English class - a radically new approach in the context of Albanian teaching traditions
It is important that both teachers and students interpret the employment of internet tools in the foreign language classroom as an integral part of the teaching/learning process rather than an adventitious activity only extrinsically related to the study programme
Internet sources related to language learning are very numerous and varied, though not all of them can be deemed sufficiently reliable to serve as an aid in the teaching of foreign languages
Summary
The digital age carries with it a tremendous potential for helping foreign language students and teachers by supplying them with an inexhaustible fountain of knowledge and a rich variety of methods that can be utilized during the teachinglearning process. A teacher’s ability in this context entails the capacity to find valuable sources in a short time and, later, to use the researched material according to a well-organised lesson plan The students, for their part, should respond by fulfilling their tasks on the web, showing, that Internet technology serves as a catalyst, not a hindrance to the teaching/learning process. 24 students, chosen to represent the typical foreign language class, were divided into two equal groups of 12.1 The students of group A worked primarily on websites and the worksheets created for the occasion Those of group B followed the traditional procedure of listening to a tape recorder guided by the instructions given in the text.
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