<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The use of mass communication in the field of foreign language teaching is not a new phenomenon, because traditional media have been in use in this area for a few decades. Nowadays, however, several tendencies confirming the scale of this phenomenon can be observed. Mass media, and new media in particular, are used both in the process of self-education and as an important tool used by foreign language teachers. Technological progress, the communication revolution, the spread of the Internet, and the development of new media and mobile technologies offer modern and more effective methods of language education. This article reviews the conditions relating to the relationship between mass media and language learning, taking into account the possibility of using one of the key functions of mass communication, namely its educational function. The authors, using literature analysis, defined and analyzed the causes of specific symbiosis between media tools and technologies as well as the methodology used in the field of foreign language teaching.</p></abstract>

The use of mass communication in the field of foreign language teaching is not a new phenomenon, because traditional media have been in use in this area for a few decades. Nowadays, however, several tendencies confirming the scale of this phenomenon can be observed. Mass media, and new media in particular, are used both in the process of self-education and as an important tool used by foreign language teachers. Technological progress, the communication revolution, the spread of the Internet, and the development of new media and mobile technologies offer modern and more effective methods of language education. This article reviews the conditions relating to the relationship between mass media and language learning, taking into account the possibility of using one of the key functions of mass communication, namely its educational function. The authors, using literature analysis, defined and analyzed the causes of specific symbiosis between media tools and technologies as well as the methodology used in the field of foreign language teaching.

The Use of the Educational Function of Media in Foreign Language Teaching

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The use of mass communication in the field of foreign language teaching is not a new phenomenon, because traditional media have been in use in this area for a...

The Use of the Educational Function of Media in Foreign Language Teaching

Publicado en línea: 19 jul 2018

Páginas: 48 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sc-2018-0006

Palabras clave
mass media, foreign language teaching, media education

© 2018 Sławomir Gawroński, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Use of the Educational Function of Media in Foreign Language Teaching

Publicado en línea: 19 jul 2018

Páginas: 48 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sc-2018-0006

Palabras clavemass media, foreign language teaching, media education

© 2018 Sławomir Gawroński, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
mass media, foreign language teaching, media education