EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS RESHAPING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

Abstract

The 21"Century has ushered in tremendous changes in the education industry through the advent and proliferation of digital technologies. The English language classroom is not spared in this rapid transformation that is changing the roles of the teacher and the learner. These changes now demand new arrangements in the implementation of new educational curriculum design to align with the new world order which requires new skills to achieve the objectives of the evolving education transformation agenda. This has necessitated the adoption of the changes in the 21st Century education order and reflection on the English language school curriculum and pedagogies. Thus, the English language classroom has not remained the same as technology is now inventing new strategies of teaching and learning the subject. This paper examines the adjustments in the new education order and how technology is changing the education environment and reshaping English language teaching and learning in the secondary school. Appropriate recommendations were made towards proper adjustment to the evolving education order.