THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY BASED APPROACHES IN GLOBALIZING EDUCATION (original) (raw)

Abstract

Students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds choose English speaking countries for the tertiary studies in popular fields such as Business. It would certainly help this group of students if teaching materials were designed in such a way that dependency and reliance on language was kept to minimum. Technology plays an important role in achieving this objective.

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