<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The wide range of technological devices available today have clearly influenced the structure of the typical English lesson and have created new roles for the teachers and the learners of this foreign language. Starting from the case of the Romanians learners of English, the paper presents a theoretical and research approach to the manner in which multimedia technology can positively influence the development of the students’ life skills, drawing attention, at the same time, to the situations when important skills are better built and fostered by means of other teaching strategies.</p></abstract>

The wide range of technological devices available today have clearly influenced the structure of the typical English lesson and have created new roles for the teachers and the learners of this foreign language. Starting from the case of the Romanians learners of English, the paper presents a theoretical and research approach to the manner in which multimedia technology can positively influence the development of the students’ life skills, drawing attention, at the same time, to the situations when important skills are better built and fostered by means of other teaching strategies.

Multimedia Technology as Means of Building Life Skills in Romanian Learners of English: The Other Side of the Story

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The wide range of technological devices available today have clearly influenced the structure of the typical English lesson and have created new roles for the...

Multimedia Technology as Means of Building Life Skills in Romanian Learners of English: The Other Side of the Story

Published Online: Jan 18, 2019

Page range: 44 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2018-0007

Keywords
educational technology, life skills, teaching English, technological devices

© 2019 Mihaela Cozma, published by Sciendo

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

Multimedia Technology as Means of Building Life Skills in Romanian Learners of English: The Other Side of the Story

Published Online: Jan 18, 2019

Page range: 44 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2018-0007

Keywordseducational technology, life skills, teaching English, technological devices

© 2019 Mihaela Cozma, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
educational technology, life skills, teaching English, technological devices