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To learn a language the students need to engage with their learning environment. Students’ language learning abilities differ and depending on personality, or the nature of their learning environment. Some students need to go through a ‘silent period’. In this period they watch, listen and then slowly enter in to the interaction but they are not having the courage to speak in their own. Some students have a strong need for social interaction and learn quickly. It helps them to easily engage with others. Some students are in advance they can pick the language by observing their teachers and peers through a direct interaction. The need of change in language learning strategies arises from the teachers’ practice of teaching and external derives. These external drives are beyond the teaching –learning context. The main drives are the employment and International focuses. Even though the individual learns English from the classroom, lectures and speeches in various occasions the learners are increasingly get interest into internet and other media opportunities. Learners give important to the new learning landscapes challenging, enjoyable and sometimes addictive. These sources make impact on learners’ perception of what goes on at school. Even a primary level student uses an app through a computer or a mobile for his/her learning. The students are advancing their knowledge through the information and practices which are variable in these apps. Now the important thing is the teachers need a reality check on our responses to these changes. For many teachers there are some common questions such as ‘What kind of change?’ and ‘How?’. The main answers of these questions are to develop new approaches to teaching, facilitate active learning and develop one’s reflective practice and work more effectively as a professional teacher. There are massive possibilities for developing new learning techniques in creative projects. Here the teacher transmits the knowledge, skill, etc. through it. In learners part the learners receive information and they apply in their learning. Active and challenging learners increase their experiences by increasing their practical and multi-sensory. The forward looking professionals say, in the world of communication competence the computers changes the nature of communication. Rassool points out:

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