THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING READING AND WRITING

SCHOLAR ISSN: 2181-4147 VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 11 | 2025 https://t.me/openscholar Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal Oktabr, 2025 112 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17534534 THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING READING AND WRITING Djabbarova D.G Karshi Engineering Economic Institute ANNOTATION This article deals with the issue of the integration of technology into language teaching and its role in improving writing and reading skills in EFL classes. There were introduced the importance of technological tools and some practical implementations in using them for enhancing learners’ writing and reading skill. Key words: Technology, technology implementation, Teaching reading and writing, Blogs; Technology is evolving rapidly in the past two decades. Many are familiar with technology and gradually becoming digital natives. In this technological era, the application of technology has eased our ways in various fields of work particularly in the education field. Technology has also proven its effectiveness in language teaching which includes as a source of motivation and provides room for authentic learning. Our country draws a special attention to strengthening learning and teaching foreign languages of our youth targeting at forming conditions and chance for fostering international collaboration and communication, widely and effectively using the advance achievements of the world civilization and the information sources as well as providing their integration into the world mutual society. Nowadays, in Uzbekistan the results of nation - wide reforms in the sphere of education basing on the laws as “On Education” and “National Program of Personnel Training” create an opportunity for our youth gaining qualitative education in the thousands of new educational institutions. Created conditions in the field of education SCHOLAR ISSN: 2181-4147 VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 11 | 2025 https://t.me/openscholar Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal Oktabr, 2025 113 serve for bringing up well – educated, modern, intelligently thoughtful, intellectually and harmoniously developed generation, who get complete professional preparation. As a result the following concluding remarks and recommendations can be recorded: ➢ Theory and practice in the foreign language learning can be matched together by the usage of modern technology. ➢ Modern technical ways should be followed for effective learning and teaching of the second language. ➢ English language teachers should encourage their students to use technology in developing the language skills. The purpose of the article is to illustrate the importance and necessity of using technology in teaching reading and writing, based on reflections of English language teaching experience. The work provides opportunities to integrate current knowledge and beliefs of language teaching and learning with new approaches and methods gained during the course. In this paper, we will try to explore some effective ways of teaching reading and writing in ESL classroom, by expressing new ways of implementing technology tools as well as pointing out some challenges and solutions to them. Teaching reading and writing through technological tools has attracted a greater level of interest in recent years that it did in the past. Namely, most teachers are applying teaching technological tools acknowledging that through these tools and activities language learners are able to use their foreign language skills in real life situations as well as enjoying technology based activities. The work is actual by attempting to find the answer to the most urgent issues of today’s language teaching process. Technology is no longer foreign to the earth’s citizens. Technology has played its role in multiple fields of work, particularly in education. During the last two decades, the implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in language education has become a real topic of interest. The use of technology has become significant in the teaching and learning process in and out of class. Technology opens SCHOLAR ISSN: 2181-4147 VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 11 | 2025 https://t.me/openscholar Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal Oktabr, 2025 114 a window of improvement in language learning. Not only that, technology allows teachers to enhance classroom activities and language learning process. This shows that there is a brand-new era which assigns challenging responsibilities for modern teachers. The traditional teaching method has been changed drastically with extraordinary access to technology. The implementation of technology has provided options for a more interesting and productive teaching and learning sessions predominantly in language learning. According to Shyamlee and Phil, technology has provided significant drivers for both social and linguistic change. With English as an international language and its development around the world, English is used as a second language in a country such as India and Malaysia. To some people, English acts as their first language. English has become the language for instruction and curriculum in many countries. As the number of English learners increases, new teaching methods have been implemented to test the effectiveness of the teaching process. Language is one of the most substantial elements in communication. [1, 150-156] Students utilize different parts of English language skills such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing for their proficiency and communication. The use of ICT in the education field has been increasing. Educational technologies promised to change the way teachers teach and students learn forever the white canvas of language teaching and learning has experienced major creativity and changes over the decade with the emerging of a new era of education and technology. Technology has transformed the field of education, lower and higher education, which has a great impact on the field of English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching. As time changed, teachings changed too. The technology implementation is defined as “the process of determining which electronic tools and which methods from implementing them are the most appropriate responses to give classroom situations and problems”. Computer assisted language learning (CALL) has become normalized in the educational process. The key to a successful use of technology in teaching and learning session not only lies in hardware SCHOLAR ISSN: 2181-4147 VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 11 | 2025 https://t.me/openscholar Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal Oktabr, 2025 115 or software but also in our human ability as teachers have to plan, design and implement effective educational activities. Educational multimedia is currently being used commonly in teaching and learning of English language. Another commonly used element in the digital era as part of technology would be social media. Social media augments the learning experience by allowing the learners and teachers to connect and interact in a more innovative and interesting way. Social media such as Facebook, Blog, Instagram, e-mail and Twitter provide a platform where users can interact and exchange ideas as well as to find answers through collaboration and discussion. [2, 414-442] With the help of technology, students’ view on learning has shifted. New and more advanced technologies are not only transforming the way the students’ view learning but also transforming the way “educators think about education and literacy”. These tools are also continuing to grow and transform literacy instruction” and they also helping students to “internalize lifelong skills needed for success in this global society. Technology will not substitute great teachers but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational. Technology in general is becoming increasingly important in our personal and professional lives. Dictionaries and scholars have offered a variety of definitions. The Merriam-Webster dictionary, for example, defines technology as "the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area". Technology is also considered as a body of knowledge used to create tools and develop skills, and as the combination of scientific method and material to meet an objective or solve a problem. Most of these definitions broadly define technology as the knowledge, skills, methods, and techniques used to accomplish specific practical tasks. Educational technologies, in this sense, promise to change forever the way students learn and teachers teach. However, technology in language teaching is not new. It has been around in language teaching for decades. For example, the blackboard, as a form of technology, has been used for centuries. Tape recorders, language labs and videos have been in use since the 1960s and 1970s, and are still used in classrooms around the world. [3, 97-105] SCHOLAR ISSN: 2181-4147 VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 11 | 2025 https://t.me/openscholar Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal Oktabr, 2025 116 Apart from the benefits of using technology in class, there should also be mentioned the motivation that it gives to learners. With the constant advancement of technology, many ESL teachers have adopted a more fun and interesting teaching techniques to ensure exciting lessons. Motivation is the key and has been known as one of the factors that influence success in second language learning. According to Ng and Ng, motivation is known as s stimulant to achieve a specific target. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is the two types of motivation. Intrinsic motivation can be found within the individual and related to the sense of wellbeing whereas extrinsic motivation comes from outside the individual. [4, 98-105] Blogs are an effective and efficient method of allowing students to access information as it is needed and to make connections between explicit knowledge from textbooks and tacit knowledge gained as students see how others can and are using the knowledge being shared. 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