Research Project

Researchers: Deisy Aracely Bautista Delmy Elizabeth Fuentes Nez

Morena Vernica Herrera Araujo

Daysi Nohemy Rivera Lovato

The technology available for the teaching learning process in the English Language Major at Universidad Tecnolgica.

The negative effects of the limited access to instructional technology in the teaching learning process in the English Language Major at Universidad Tecnolgica.

It is of great importance that students from the English Language Major at Universidad Tecnolgica of El Salvador know how to manage technological

resources in order to increase their competences; however for different

circumstances they cannot do it since they do not have real contact with this technology, besides the appropriate technology is limited. As consequence, students do not posses well developed competences necessary for their development and well performance in a real working world that is why the researchers present the problem the negative effects of the limited access of the instructional technology in the teaching learning process in the English Major at

Universidad Tecnolgica

In what manner the limited technology in the teaching learning process affects students from the English Language Major at Universidad Tecnolgica?

General objective To identify the consequences of the limited technology in the teaching learning process of the English Language Major at Universidad Tecnolgica.

Specific Objectives To specify what type of instructional technology is currently used in the English Language Major. To analyze what type of competences the teachers and students have developed through the use of current technology. To identify what competences students and teachers gain through the use of adequate high technology.

The research is focused to give the necessary importance of implementation and improvement of high technology in the teaching learning process of the English Language Major. Adequate instructional technology is considered to accelerate and improve learning on a number of fronts. So, the learning activities should be

reoriented and reformulated, from the manual source centered to the

open source ones. In this way the teaching learning process can be improved, the possible weaknesses can be vanished in order to

guarantee a better knowledge acquisition and more developed

competences of students.

 Instructional Technology for TEFL

Effects of Instructional Technology

English Language Mayor

Instructional or educational technology should be integral to teaching practice and not viewed as an add-on to teaching (Chism, 2004, p. 43). Instructional technology can influence and improve learning. Technology can improve teaching and learning by increasing teacher and student efficiency and reaching different learning styles.

Technology has led to increased data from students on a regular basis to track progress
toward meeting benchmarks as well as track their progress throughout their school careers (Halverson & Smith, 2010). Nelson, Palonsky, and McCarthy (2010) stated that students today need to develop technological knowledge, skills, and attitudes in order to become successful members of society. Students are more engaged in learning when technology is involved, and technology can aid in learning being more tailored to specific learners needs (Nelson, Palonsky, & McCarthy, 2010).

The study of the English language allows to analyze and evaluate the language from the point of view: phonological, syntactic, morphological, semantic and lexical as in human communication. To complete this aspect, it is necessary that the functions of teaching, research and outreach, are ideal components in the teaching-learning process for the acquisition of the language.