Information and Communication Technology: The Thrill and Frill for Teaching and Learning English Language in Nigeria for Sustainable Education Reforms beyond 21st Century

The English Language since its inception in Nigeria has emerged as a global language that has been preferred above all other dialect of western German tribes, as such becoming the most prominent of all. Like other colonized African countries, Nigeria, having been colonised by the British inherited English language from her colonial master and assigned a lot of roles to Nigeria entity such as lingual franca, language of politics, commerce and industry as well as education thereby making English language as medium of instruction and communication in schools from primary to other levels of education. However, the advent of this almighty language calls for its easy teaching and learning for academic attainment since a credit pass in it is a prerequisite for further academic pursuit, for students as well as their proficiency in it. Based on this the need for a holistic pedagogical strategy is inevitable. And going by global trend, the introduction of Information and communication technology (ICT) into the teaching and learning of English language becomes appropriate. There is also the need to utilize ICT tools in the classroom to aid teaching / learning of English language in Nigeria to keep abreast of the technological development going on all over the globe. In order to make teaching and learning more interesting and challenging for the students, new ideals and technologies on ICT need to be incorporated. This paper therefore gives insight into the introduction on the role of ICT in language teaching and learning via computer assisted language learning (CALL) and its tools based on the ICT application.