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1、ThefutureofEnglishteachinginthedigitalageInthisarticle,EdwarddrawsonhisexperienceofEnglishteachingandInternetconsultingtodiscussthefutureofEnglishteachingastheworldentersanincreasinglydigitalage.ThisarticlewaswrittenforEnglishteacherswhohaveagrowingsensethatt
2、heInternetisbecomingmoreandmoreimportantfortheirprofessionalcareers.IttellsthemwhytheInternetisimportanttotheirprofession,whattheycanexpectintheyearstocome,andhowtheycanpreparethemselvesasEnglishteachersinthedigitalage.Onaspringdayin1992inPhiladelphia,Ipresse
3、dmyEnterkeyandlistenedtothefamilarstringoftonesfrommymodemasitloggedintotheTempleUniversitycomputer.Thiswasnothingnewforsomeonewhohadgrownupwithcomputers.ButthisdaywasoneIwillneverforget:itwasfirstdayIeverloggedintotheInternet.AsanEnglishteacher,myInternetcon
4、nectionbackin1992meantthatIcouldsendagrammarquestionoutto500Englishteachersaroundtheworldandhaveatleast10repliesinmymailboxthenextmorning.ItmeantthatIcouldsitatmydeskinPhiladelphiachattingwithacolleagueatPurdue,shetypingonthetopofthescreenandItypingonthebotto
5、m,atnocost.ItmeantcontactingtheAmerikaHausinBerlinviaE-MailwhichledtoateachingpositionatPotsdamUniversity.ItmeantfindinginformationonalmostanytopicforthecoursesIwasteaching.Yes,theInternetisgoodforEnglishteaching.Anditisgoingtogetbetter--exponentially.Inthisa
6、rticle,Iwanttotellyouwhy,andmakesomeforcastsonwhatthedigitalageholdsforEnglishteaching.MyforecastsforthefutureofEnglishteachingarebasedonthreehypotheses:1.Thatwhichcanbedigitized,willbedigitized.2.Englishinstructioncanbealmostfullydigitized.3.Englishinstructi
7、onismoreefficientwhenteachersuseadigitizedmedium.1.Thatwhichcanbedigitized,willbedigitized.NicholasNegroponteinhisbookBeingDigitaldrawsadistinctionbetweenatomsandbits.Abook,forinstance,iscomposedofatomswhereasanE-Mailiscomposedofbits.Thedifferencebetweenatoms
8、andbitsisthatatomstakealongtimetobesentfromplacetoplaceandarerelativelyexpensivetoduplicate.Bits,ontheotherhand,canbesentaroundtheworldinamatterofsecondsandcostnothingtoduplicate.Ifyouwan