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Except for CALL program, there are other ways that can use technology to teach English vocabulary in a way that will make lessons more engaging. We can mention some of them: - Online games: playing games on the computer or mobile devices can be fun and capture the students’ attention. Using the interactive white boards can get full class participation. - Computer applications: Apps on tablets and smartphones are great ways for students to learn and practice English and have fun while doing it - Videos and films: Real English is always a great help if it is chosen carefully for the right level of learning. Young learners enjoy short cartoons and the older learners love to watch short movies or You Tube videos. - Online dictionaries - Slide projectors - Interactive white board Modern technologies are found everywhere and we cannot deny the existence and the necessity of them. Everything is computerized, from buying a bus ticket, to doing the check-in at the airport, from paying the bills to booking the holidays online. The websites and the Facebook profiles are necessary for everyone that wants to be seen. So, we, the English teachers have to use modern technologies in our classrooms, choosing the right devices and finding the right amount of time students should spend in front of the screen. Works Cited: Rivers, Vilga M. Interactive Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press, 1986 Bibliography: Harmer, Jeremy. The Practice of English Language Teaching. London: Longman, 1991. Rivers, Vilga M. Interactive Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986 Thornbury, Scott. How to teach vocabulary. Pearson Longman. 2002 https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/05/18/how-technology-will-become-even- more-integrated-into-our-everyday-lives/#7cb9820b13e7 https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED528896.pdf (links last accessed on 29 September 2018) 17