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1、EnglishteachinginthedigitalageInthisarticle,EdwarddrawsonhisexperienceofEnglishteachingandInternetconsultingtodiscussthefutureofEnglishteachingastheworldentersanincreasinglydigitalage.ThisarticlewaswrittenforEnglishteacherswhohaveagrowingsensethattheInterne
2、tisbecomingmoreandmoreimportantfortheirprofessionalcareers.IttellsthemwhytheInternetisimportanttotheirprofession,whattheycanexpectintheyearstocome,andhowtheycanpreparethemselvesasEnglishteachersinthedigitalage.Onaspringdayin1992inPhiladelphia,IpressedmyEnte
3、rkeyandlistenedtothefamilarstringoftonesfrommymodemasitloggedintotheTempleUniversitycomputer.Thiswasnothingnewforsomeonewhohadgrownupwithcomputers.ButthisdaywasoneIwillneverforget:itwasfirstdayIeverloggedintotheInternet.AsanEnglishteacher,myInternetconnecti
4、onbackin1992meantthatIcouldsendagrammarquestionoutto500Englishteachersaroundtheworldandhaveatleast10repliesinmymailboxthenextmorning.ItmeantthatIcouldsitatmydeskinPhiladelphiachattingwithacolleagueatPurdue,shetypingonthetopofthescreenandItypingonthebottom,a
5、tnocost.ItmeantcontactingtheAmerikaHausinBerlinviaE-MailwhichledtoateachingpositionatPotsdamUniversity.ItmeantfindinginformationonalmostanytopicforthecoursesIwasteaching.Yes,theInternetisgoodforEnglishteaching.Anditisgoingtogetbetter--exponentially.Inthisar
6、ticle,Iwanttotellyouwhy,andmakesomeforcastsonwhatthedigitalageholdsforEnglishteaching.MyforecastsforthefutureofEnglishteachingarebasedonthreehypotheses:1.Thatwhichcanbedigitized,willbedigitized.2.Englishinstructioncanbealmostfullydigitized.3.Englishinstruct
7、ionismoreefficientwhenteachersuseadigitizedmedium.1.Thatwhichcanbedigitized,willbedigitized.NicholasNegroponteinhisbookBeingDigitaldrawsadistinctionbetweenatomsandbits.Abook,forinstance,iscomposedofatomswhereasanE-Mailiscomposedofbits.Thedifferencebetweenat
8、omsandbitsisthatatomstakealongtimetobesentfromplacetoplaceandarerelativelyexpensivetoduplicate.Bits,ontheotherhand,canbesentaroundtheworldinamatterofsecondsandcostnothingtoduplicate.Ifyouwanttosendaboo
