Guest Editorial: Technology in Language Education

Technology has drastically changed our academic lives in the 21st century. The challenge as teachers and researchers in the field of language education is to prepare both teachers and students with new literacies and competencies. Terminology such as ‘digital literacy’, ‘ICT literacy’, ‘eliteracy’, ‘computer literacy’, ‘multiple literacies’, etc. are explained by researchers [1], and recommended by different reports [2-3] for the successful integration of technology in the process of effective language learning and teaching. Based on the literature, this integration has become a critical area for research line education and applied linguistics in the last decade. Since the first application of the term ‘Computer-Assisted Language Learning’ in the 1980s until adopting ‘Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)’, and emerging advanced and high-tech tools such as ‘Virtual Reality (VR)’ and ‘Robot-Assisted Language Learning (RALL)’ many scholars have emphasized the applications of technology in language education.