SEDL - LOTE CED Lowdown, Vol. The following article was published by the National Capital Language Resource Center and has been reprinted here with their permission.
Technology is also a source of diverse target language realia.
With the variety of technology-based language resources available, it is important to know how to identify the most useful tools. This article aims to provide teachers with basic guidelines for the evaluation and selection of technological resources. The initial step in choosing technological materials for the foreign language classroom is to identify the needs of the students. Teachers must consider the students' language level, the learning goals to be attained through technology use, and the types of tasks which will be most appropriate. With regard to language level, many CD-ROM and other software materials are designed for use with specific groups of learners.