Web 2.0 and English Language Teaching – A Study

The rapid advancement in Information Technology in recent years has resulted in an extensive search for possible uses of ICT in education. Many teachers across the world, including English language teachers, are now taking innovative steps to integrate technology into their teaching process. In English language teaching, language teachers have an ample number of choices for integrating technology into their classes. One of these is the use of Web 2.0 tool. Though there is no consent on exactly what Web 2.0 is, the term refers to a second generation of World Wide Web, making it available for teachers and students to collaborate and share information online easier. There are many tools of these types on the Internet, making it difficult for language teachers to determine the useful ones for language teaching. The purpose of this research paper is to introduce some of the most useful Web 2.0 tools for teaching English as a foreign language, determined after accurate selection based on practical experiment and experience. This approach is useful and helpful for language teachers to be knowledgeable about the possible uses of Web 2.0 tools to enhance their teaching aspects.