Topic 1: Increasing travels between countries enable people to learn different cultures or to increase tension between people from different countries

limitations, 
its teaching is 
uniform, 
repetitive, standardised and therefore 
unsuited to 
the specific needs of a student. 
For example, it can only answer questions which have been programmed into it but fails to answer any 
unusual, non-standard 
and unprecedented question. By contrast, a human teacher is able to respond 
flexibly with giving well-tailored, persuasive and inspiring answers. For this reason, a computer hardly 
functions as effectively as a human teacher does. 
Another  disadvantage  of  the  computer,  which  makes  it 
unaligned  with 
the  philosophy  of  the 
contemporary education, is its failure to interact with students. Out of technical constraints, the computer 
is  interested  in 
eliciting 
the  desired  response  only.  Students'  unexpected  performance,  potentially 
exceptional and distinguished, is not recognised by the computer. It is fair to say that computers achieve 
nothing but make all education into an 
uncritical 
type of vocational training. Students are conditioned 
to absorb information without questioning and given no chance to express their personal opinions. 
There are some other problems inherent in the computer-based teaching, such as inability to discipline 
students  and  failing  to 
attend  to 
students'  emotional  needs,  making  this  model  of  teaching  not  as 
competent as the traditional style. However, the contribution of the computer as a teaching aid can never 
be