awej 5 no.4 full issue 2014

AWEJ Volume.5 Number.4, 2014The Integration of the New TechnologyBELMEKKI & IBRAHIMIDrid• allow learners to participate cooperatively in the educational process, as in thefollowing e-mail, written to an instructor while she was absent due to jury duty(p: 66,70):Hello teacher. How are you? I think thatyou are vey busy with the Jury Dury. ButI hope and you have a few minutes to readand answer my letter.You know that is very difficult for mewrite a letter if you don‟t help me. Iknow that you won‟t be with me alwaysthats why I have to practice.The substitute is so pretty. She teachesvery well. But you are our teacher and wemiss you so much. We are studying veryhard so don‟t worry about us.Today we are going to have a test so “ hagachantigos”Before that I finish my letter. I want toknow about the e-mail project. What happenwith them?I hope and see you soon!Sincerity: LUCY GARCI SANDOVAL.Note: from CALL Environment: Research, Practice, and Critical Issues, p: 70, by GaerSusan, 1999. TESOL (1966)As we can notice in this e-mail, Lucy is using conscious processes to analyze her progressand her needs. Even though part of the purpose of the e-mail message is to practice letter writing,as expressed in the second paragraph, the message is also filled with authentic chat (“ We arestudying very hard so don‟t worry about us”) and contains a real request for information (“Whathappen with them”). Throughout, an authentic voice speaks to a real person and expects anauthentic reply.Chat RoomsA chat room is a place on the Internet where everyone can have live conversations withmultiple people at the same time. It is like having a conference call, except that we are typing ona keyboard rather than talking into a phone. Everyone who is in the chat room can see what wetype.Arab World English JournalISSN: 2229-9327www.awej.org434