Students nowadays feel more comfortable than ever with technology. In Japan, young people never go anywhere without an array of devices in hand. Students never go to school without electronic dictionaries and media players and who knows what else. To step outside without their keitai in hand would cause instant panic. At home, students’ desks are covered with computers, game devices, plastic cases of software study programs, media players and bookmarked access to English study materials, programs, books and reference works of all kinds on the Internet. They are the most wired students ever in the world.
I am talking to a student in my office. She's a fourth year student telling me that she will not be able to finish her senior graduation paper.