%0 Journal Article
%T A Study on EFL Students¡¯ Use of E-Learning Programs for Learning English ¡ªTaking a Taiwanese University as an Example
%A Darcy Soong
%J English Language Teaching
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5539/elt.v5n4p87
%X With its characteristics of repeated practice and easy review, e-Learning programs have been hailed as an effective way for learning foreign languages nowadays. Supported by ICT (Information & Communication Technology), e-Learning offers students self-paced learning whereby learners can control their schedules and it is presumed to be a round-the-clock teaching aid to EFL students. As many scholars anticipate that e-Learning will become a future trend in EFL, more and more higher education institutions are investing money on English e-Learning programs in the hope that students¡¯ English proficiency will be further upgraded by using the ubiquitous system. After investigating students¡¯ frequency of using English e-learning programs in a local university in Taipei, the author argues in this paper that e-Learning programs do not benefit EFL students to the degree as we anticipated given the fact that cold technology and machines can never successfully become a ¡°facilitator¡± that should be played by a teacher. (Harmer, 2000) After all, technology can never take the place of the teacher, who is thought to be the most crucial element of any teaching activities.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/15939