Adriana Serna O.

Outline

Introduction
The use of Internet to improve language learning.
1. How Internet has influenced/improved my L1/L2.
a. A tool to find information in English
b. Schools encourage the use of Internet.

2. Advantages of using Internet to improve L1/L2
a. Electronic dictionaries
b. Videos, movies.
c. Exercises.

3. Disadvantages of sing Internet to improve L1/L2
a. Unreliable websites.
b. Not knowing how to use Internet
Conclusion.


INTERNET TO IMPROVE LANGUAGE LEARNING
Which are the tools that are used to improve language learning? Most of the times, people go to school in order to learn a language, and they use books or textbooks that are the typical material used in schools. However, it is very important to know that there is a wide variety of material and tools that can help us improve language learning. An important tool that can help us is Internet in which we can find a lot of information about any language. Nowadays, using Internet can develop better language learning.

Internet has improved my language learning. First, it is a tool that has helped me to get a lot of information about the language that I have been learning which is English. For example, when I have to practice a tense in English, I can find a lot of exercises in which I can improve grammar. Second, using Internet is encouraged by schools, so students get an important tool in order to make progress in their language learning. For example, in my school, which is the UAA (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes), teachers ask us to put the language into practice in real contexts by using blogs, chat rooms, wikis, e-mails and other Internet programs like messenger, Skype, Google, and so on.

Using Internet has a lot of advantages in language learning. The first advantage is that you can translate a word from one language to another whenever you want, by looking for electronic dictionaries that help you to clarify your vocabulary doubts. In addition, you can find videos or movies in the language that you are learning, so you can use them to learn more about the language.
On the other hand, using Internet has some disadvantages when learning a language. First, since Internet offers a vast variety of websites some of them can contain unreliable information. Because of this, you can get wrong information about a language. In addition, nowadays, most people do not know how to use Internet because they do not have access to it. Because of this, people that do not know how to use Internet have to use the typical materials like books in order to learn or improve a language.

To sum up, improving language learning can be supported by Internet. It is a useful tool that all people should use because it can help us develop better language learning.