The relevance of ICT in language teaching in Nigeria

Abstract

All over the world, technology is playing a greater role in teaching/learning. Language teachers in Nigeria need the modern technology for a better method of delivery in order to enhance the process of learning in this new age as ICT puts forward an influential base for efficient education. Therefore, the central theme of this paper is the roles of Information and Communication Technology in language teaching/learning particularly, the English Language. Through a qualitative method of research, this paper examines: the place of language in ICT, the relationship between ICT and language, ICT and teaching, the new technology and language learning, the relevance of ICT in language teaching, the challenges of ICT in language teaching in Nigeria. Also, it forwards that ICT in language teaching represents a complement to present models contributing to an evolution towards the concept of a new culture of learning.