Abstract: Over the past few years, the Internet has emerged as a prominent new technology. As the use of the Internet is widespread in numerous fields and domains, without a doubt, it also carries great potential for educational use, specifically second and foreign language education. This paper will therefore try to explore the issue of the Internet as a teaching aid, or as a teaching medium for English teaching and learning in China, through focusing on the following aspects: 1) the current state of CALL in China; 2) pedagogical benefits of the Internet in English teaching and learning; 3) its implication in English classroom in China.

Key words: Internet, current state, pedagogical benefits, implication.