Electronic Literacy

Electronic literacy has been one of the most important issues in the last decades and it has become an essential thing for many people. At the moment of using electronic tools we can say they are important because in our case they give us different ways of improving our second language or they can help us to find information when researching about any topic. Then, the way How I started using electronics tools, how they have improved my L2 and how they are important when I am doing educational or professional research are the main topics in this essay.

Electronic tools were something new when I started my major. They were totally new for me because I had not had any contact with them, but when I started my career I had to start using them because of homework, assignments, blogs, etc. For example, our writing teacher asked us for a blog, so we had to create one because it was part of our grade and because we had to share our compositions to the group and we had to give feedback to each other in order to improve the writing mistakes that we had. Then, it was how I started using electronic tools.

 As I started using electronic tools, I began to take advantage of them because I wanted to improve my L2. Nowadays, when I want to improve my English skills I just look for some web pages that can help me to understand some grammar or writing rules. For example when I was in propedeutico course my listening and speaking teacher established a program with a school from the U.S. and it helped me to improve my listening and speaking skills and I knew a little bit about the English culture. Therefore, electronic tools have been an important factor in the improvement of my L2.

Electronic tools are so important at the moment of doing educational or professional research.  They can help us to find papers from different authors so at the moment of doing a research we can find different opinions from different compositions that can help us to create our own. So, as future teachers of a second language we will need to find new strategies or techniques that can helps us to improve the teaching of a second language, therefore we can use the electronic tools that can help us to make a research about this. Then, electronic tools are important within the educational or professional research.

As a conclusion, the electronic tools have been important in many aspects when using them. They can help us to improve our language and to make professional or educational researches. In my case, the contact with the electronic tools have helped me to find discussion boards, chat rooms, blogs, wikis, which have helped me to improve my English skills. Then, electronic tools are an important factor in our career.