Einblick in die digitale Realitat

Abstract

The objective of this article is to reveal how, by capitalizing on new technical means and communication technologies, additional and more efficient opportunities for language learning are created. The article also shows how these new technical means can neither simply replace the old ones, nor, moreover, can they lead to miraculous results because, by doing this, they would restrict the freedom of the participants in the teaching-learning process. It is exactly for this reason why the aspects of computer-related learning should not be seen in isolation from the whole context of learning but, on the contrary, as a component of it, as a teaching and working tool, and as a means of communication, even if, by using new media, the results do not always reach the level they are expected to. Consequently, it is not the technology itself that is the problem, but rather the problem consists in what can be done with it and throughout it.