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TOPIC OF PRESENTATION
The Impact of Using Technology in Teaching English as a Second
Language

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INTRODUCTION
 In this paper, we will review Bassama Basheer
Nomass’s article who is M.A. Student, Department of
English Language, College of Education for
Women,on the university of Baghadad, Baghadad,Iraq
 The article is about the impact of using technology in
teaching English as second language and it should
contain the grade level is more researchable to
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 It was online published:
 February 22, 2013 by Canadian Center of Science and Education
& its volume is 3 No. 1. It has 5 pages.
 It is about the role of using modern technology in teaching English
as a second language
 Among these technologies which are mentioned in the review are:
 online English language learning web sites,
 computer assisted language learning programs,
 presentation software,
 electronic dictionaries,
 chatting and email messaging programs,
 listening CD- players, and learning video-clips. 3

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 Evaluating the work of the people is the act of showing
the writers weak and strong sides of his or her work
 Criticizing includes both appreciating the strong sides
and commenting on some one’s work
 Therefore this article review is mainly focuses on the
general overview of the article about impact of using
technology facilities in teaching English language
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BODY OF THE REVIEW
 According to Northey, 2005 the body of the review is
the part which analyze the key points made in the
article
 This is the heart of the critical review which mention
and evaluates the key points explained in the article
 When we observe the introduction part of this article,
 it clearly explains the role of modern technological
facilities for our new globalization era life and
teaching- learning English language education
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The title of the article is contemporary for the article to
collect the relevant data and to come up with the expected
findings
 When we see the word technology; in this globalization
era, it has direct relation in the process of teaching –
learning English language
 Because nowadays teaching – learning English language
needs using different types of authentic and self –access
materials including modern technological facilities to
foster or enhance students’ independent learning
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 Background of the article
 it should provide readers with the background
information for the research
 This article does not provide sufficient background
information to allow readers to understand the context
well and
 does not provide proper acknowledgement of the
previous work
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 The statement of the problem is missed in this article
 It should be included because it is an important part
which describes the context for the study and answers
the questions why does this research need to be
conducted.
 Another important component which is not clearly
stated in this article is specific objectives
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Any researcher has to set his or her own objective before
conducting research
 because it define the ends which the researcher seeks to
bring about a result of completing the research
undertaken and
 it summarize what is to be achieved by the study
 In the article, the researcher didn’t identify the aim of the
study.
 So, the author of this article missed one of the important
components of the study
 Scope: Department of English language, college of arts,
Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi university in Libiya.
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 When we came to the literature review part of this
article, it is a description of the literature relevant to a
particular field or topic
 It gives an overview of what has been said, who the key
writers are and what questions to be asked
 In this article the researcher used different related
literature adequately and tried to cite many books as
much as possible
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 The literature review parts clearly explain the effect of
using technology with each of the English language
skills
 In addition, It states that English language skills with
their classification, definition and technical ways to
improve them
 But what we want to criticize here is that the
researcher didn’t include the disadvantages of modern
technology facilities for learning English language
learning because everything in this world has merits
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Methodology is the heart of any research
 It should include
 study design,
 techniques
 study setting,
 population of the study,
 sampling techniques,
 sample size and
 data collecting tools
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 Research design
 Sampling technique Missed
 sample size
 The researcher used only questionnaire to
collect data from respondents
 He should use more than one data collecting
tools to strengthen the study and
 to cross check the data which were collected
from different respondents
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 Data analysis procedure, the ways of data
analyzing, ways of concluding and recommending
is not properly done in the study
 These the listed things are not explained in detail
manner.
 Basically, the researcher should explain each and
every point in the methodology in the way the
readers can understand his/her work clearly
 But in this article the research didn’t do this and
this may create confusion to the readers
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 Reference part of the article is cited well
 So it is international accepted article the citation is
standardized in the way people learn something from it
 It is written in alphabetical order
Conclusion
 the title that the researcher has selected is very
interesting and manageable to the researcher
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 He explained that his attention to use technology
facilities to foster student’s English language skills
 The language that is used by the researcher is not that
much difficult to the readers
 The background of the article does not provide
sufficient background information to allow readers to
understand the context well and does not provide
proper acknowledgement of the previous work
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 Statement of the problem is missed in this article
 In addition to this general and specific objectives are not stated
clearly
 Also the methodology part of the article has its own
shortcomings
 It didn’t include research design, sampling technique and
sample size in the way the readers can understand clearly and
the reference is cited in the way internationally accepted manner
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