Advancement in modern technology has made school education much simple and easy nowadays. However, it is adversely affecting individual’s language skills. A deep insight of this is described in below paragraphs.
Computer education is almost mandatory in most of the schools from grade 5. I believe pupil learn the basics of sentence formation, grammar, vocabulary at this age only. Introducing usage of computers at this stage deteriorates their language learning abilities because of automatic correction options. For example, if I write an essay in Microsoft word, I don’t really focus on grammatical and spelling mistakes as they can be corrected automatically with a button click. Therefore, usage of technology at learning stages should be restricted.
Another disadvantage is the downfall in reading and comprehending capabilities. Due to increased usage of overhead projectors and powerpoint presentation methods, teachers almost stopped the usage of the blackboard. Instead of copying the notes, photocopies are provided to the students. In olden days people used to write in different styles like cursive, chain, multi-font. Today’s student hardly can comprehend these types of writings. My example for the negative impact of this is, if a student has to work in archeology department in future, he may come across a situation of identifying handwritten information about the country’s heritage or wealth. If the student is not trained to read all sorts of handwritings, he may not be succeeding in his job.
In summary, my clear opinion is that the usage of the computers at least for the language subjects should be completely forbidden and students should be trained with paper and pen.
Advancement in modern technology has made school education much simple and easy nowadays.
However
, it is
adversely
affecting individual’s language
skills
. A deep insight of this is
described
in below paragraphs.
Computer education is almost mandatory in most of the schools from grade 5. I believe pupil learn the basics of sentence formation, grammar, vocabulary at this age
only
. Introducing
usage
of computers at this stage deteriorates their language learning abilities
because
of automatic correction options.
For example
, if I write an essay in
Microsoft word
, I don’t
really
focus on grammatical and spelling mistakes as they can
be corrected
automatically
with a button click.
Therefore
,
usage
of technology at learning stages should
be restricted
.
Another disadvantage is the downfall in reading and comprehending capabilities. Due to increased
usage
of overhead projectors and
powerpoint
presentation methods, teachers almost
stopped
the
usage
of the blackboard.
Instead
of copying the notes, photocopies
are provided
to the
students
. In olden days
people
used
to write in
different
styles like cursive, chain, multi-font.
Today
’s
student
hardly can comprehend these types of writings. My example for the
negative
impact of this is, if a
student
has to
work in archeology department
in future
, he may
come
across a situation of identifying handwritten information about the country’s heritage or wealth. If the
student
is not trained to read all sorts of
handwritings
, he may not be succeeding in his job.
In summary, my
clear
opinion is that the
usage
of the computers at least for the language subjects should be completely forbidden and
students
should
be trained
with paper and pen.