OUTLINE

Topic: ICTs are new era materials that help students to increase their exposure to the target language. Should teachers start using computers instead of English books in classrooms?

1. Introduction:
a) Thesis statement: although ICTs can be cataloged by some institutions as an obstacle to teaching; today's teachers must receive new technologies as their allies in the learning process, since they enrich students learning.
Examples:
-Using technology in the classroom is a good strategy to promote the different learning styles.
- Students become more responsible because they take charge of their own learning.

2. Body paragraph 1
a) Topic sentence: Using technology in the classroom is a good strategy to promote the different learning styles.
- Supporting detailed: when using technological devices students are able to develop their activity in the most comfortable way for them, adjusting to their needs.

3. Body paragraph 2
a) Topic sentence: students become more responsible because they take charge of their own learning.
- Supporting detailed: Activities developed through technological devices demand self- work and it will allow students to acquire responsibilities.
- Opposing argument: using computers in the classroom implies isolation between students and teachers.

4. Conclusion:
- Today's teachers must receive new technologies as their allies in the learning process, since they enrich students learning.
- If teachers learn how to manage technological devices, these could become a great work tool, as it offers a lot of benefits for students, as the adjust to their learning style, and the responsibility that it demands from students.
- “The computer will be as much part of all learning as the pencil and the book have been in the past” Papert, Seymour.