Technology as an Agent of Change

Abstract

This book addresses two questions: what has been the impact of the evolution of information and communication technology (ICT) on the experience of the language user/learner through the ages? What can we infer from this about how best to use ICT in language learning today? It is based on the idea that the interplay between ICT and language learning goes beyond the exploitation of technology for language learning purposes to encompass other dimensions of the effects of ICT. The exploration of this idea is what sets the present book apart from other treatments of ICT and language learning. It also provides the framework for my enquiry.