PAPER OF

THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

OF ICT IN ELT

Created by: Group 8

Fitra Ashari (17084014020)

Febi Febrianti (17084014012)

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

MAKASSAR ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY

MAKASSAR

2018
 PREFACE

All praises belongs to Allah SWT who has provided us a healthy favor and gave us
his merciful and blessings so we could finish the paper with title “THE
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ICT IN ELT’ We would like to
thank all who have been taking part in making of this paper, especially our lecturer
Mutmainnah Mursidin, S.Pd, M.Pd. and also to all those who helped in the
completion of this paper.

For the perfection of this paper, we as author expect criticism and suggestions from
readers as we only human being who make mistakes always. Hopefully this paper
will give a useful thing for the readers.

Thursday, 28th November 2018

Authors

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE .................................................................................................................... i

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................. ii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1

CHAPTER II DISCUSION.......................................................................................... 2

A. Advantages ICT for Learning .......................................................................... 2

B. Disadvantages ICT for Learning ...................................................................... 3

CHAPTER III CONCLUSION .................................................................................... 6

REFERENCES............................................................................................................. 7

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 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Many of the Internet projects require students to communicate with students from
different states or countries via electronic mail or mailing lists or other news groups.
Furthermore, The Internet should be a part of an integrated teaching system. It should
be seen as a tool that supports and enhances learning and not as a means by itself. A
poll result conducted by Global Strategy in April 1997 shows that this is the only way
that the Internet adds value to the learning process.

Teaching using the Internet does not by itself lead to achieving curriculum objectives,
because part from assisting in class preparation, a good knowledge of the Internet
allows us to assist our students in their class activities involving the Internet. Besides,
Professional Development is a key to updating skills and for career advancement for
teachers. Among others, we can use the Internet to join a discussion group, subscribe
to a news group, take classes, and keep in touch with professional colleagues.

To successfully use the Internet for teaching, we must know how to access the
various services available through the Internet. Moreover, it has been reported that
the majority of teachers who use the Internet in teaching are those who believe that
the Internet is a new way for doing things. These teachers also use the Internet for
shopping, banking, looking for mortgage rates, etc.

It is not the computer by itself but how they are used that makes the difference. They
emphasize teacher training as a key to effective use of computer technology in the
classroom. Every new technology brings with it positive and negative impact.
Nobody has taken time to analyze the negative impact of exposing students to the
Internet may have on their social development.

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 CHAPTER II

DISCUSION

A. Advantages ICT for Learning

As was pointed out previously, the Internet provides students with the tools
they need to discover and own knowledge. And give students the hooks and
templates they need to fasten information to the long-term memory. There are
some advantages of student using ICT for learning:

 Motivating Factor.
The Internet can act as a motivating tool for many students. Young people
are very captivated with technology. Educators must capitalize on this
interest, excitement, and enthusiasm about the Internet for the purpose of
enhancing learning. For already enthusiastic learners, the Internet allows
you to provide them with additional learning activities not readily
available in the classroom.

 Fast Communication.
The Internet promotes fast communication across geographical barriers.
Your students can join collaborative projects that involve students from
different states, countries or continents. This type of learning experience
was not possible before the Internet. This is a unique learning experience
very essential for each of our students, as the world is becoming one big
community.

 Cooperative Learning.
The Internet facilitates cooperative learning, encourages dialogue, and
creates a more engaging classroom. For example, a LISTSER V for our

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 class will allow your students to get involved in class discussions through
e-mails in a way not possible within the four walls of the classroom.

 Locating Research Materials.

Apart from communication, research is what takes many people to the
Internet. There are many more resources on the Internet than the school
library can provide. We can encourage students to take advantage of this
wealth of resources on the Internet for their research.

 Acquiring Varied Writing Skills

If students are required to publish their work on the Internet, they have to
develop hypertext skills. These skills help students gain experience in
non-sequential writings. Moreover, and since the Internet is open to all
with access, students publishing their work on the Internet are forced to be
mindful of their language and to write to non-expert audience.

B. Disadvantages ICT for Learning

The use of the Internet for education is not without problems. Therefore, one
should expect the problems to be encountered in using the Internet in teaching
to be evolving as well. There are some disadvantage of using ICT for teaching
and learning:

 Plagiarism.
Apart from Web sites that claim to help students write term papers, there
are numerous cases of students downloading information from the Net and
turning them in for grades. We can minimize this problem by requiring
students to cite research sources. There is an online service, Plagiarism.org
at http://www.plagiarism.org/, which can assist us in minimizing cases of

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 plagiarism in the class. This service claims to prevent plagiarism by
determining if a term paper has been copied from the Internet or not.

 Student Privacy.
Criminals, marketers, and other persons can easily get information from
students when they are online. These could post danger to students’ lives
or may even lead to litigation against the school. To avoid this problem,
students should be educated on the dangers of giving information to
people online. Parents and teachers need to supervise students’ online
activities.

 Low Income Groups.

According to the US Department of Education, over 50% of public
schools with a high minority enrollment had a lower rate of Internet access
than public schools with a low minority enrollment in 1997. The same was
true of instructional rooms in those schools. In addition, students from
low-income families may not have computers at home or may have
computers at home with no access to the Internet. Consequently, students
in low-income communities may be disadvantaged. To reduce the effect
that social or economic status may have, we should give Internet
assignments that students can easily complete while in school. If
necessary, schools may need to keep computer labs open for longer and/or
odd hours. The use of computers at public libraries should also be
encouraged.

 Preparation Time.
It takes a lot of preparation time to effectively use the Net for education.
In addition to designing Internet based lesson plans, we may have to surf

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 the Internet to download lesson plans and adapt them to support the
curriculum objectives or visit sites to select those appropriate for classes.
We have no choice but prepare in order to help your students become
responsible user of the Internet.

 New Administrative Responsibilities.

Teaching using the Internet brings to bear a new set of administrative
demands on the teacher and the school administration. These include
development and implementation of acceptable use policy, training,
developing new evaluation criteria as needed, and addressing parents’
concerns.

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 CHAPTER III

CONCLUSION

Not all lessons can be incorporated into the Internet. In teaching using the Net, we
have to convince that using the Net adds something new, some real value to our
teaching. But also, students should be trained to use the available technology
efficiently. We should collaborate with other teachers in the school and in the system,
because cooperation and mutual understanding is very important especially when the
school has few Internet accounts. Through the net, the student can communicate or
collaborate with other students or experts in the field across geographically
boundaries. Moreover, they can join a news group on a particular topic of interest.
What is most interesting about the Net, as far as communication is concerned, is that
it is race, age, national origin, and gender blind. The Net also enables students to
publish projects’ findings to be seen by their peers around the world. This might give
some students the motivation they need to complete their work on time, to be mindful
of their language. Therefore, every student can benefit from a Net communication
project.

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 REFERENCES

https://miraesiwinaya.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-advantages-anddisadvantages-
of-using-ict-for-teaching-and-learning/