TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Collaborative Work 2

MARIA CAMILA ORTEGA

Tutor

RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ

NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY AND DISTANCE

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

BACHELOR IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2015

All students are required to use Web 2.0 tools and resources provided by teacher to

develop the following activity.

Objective: To improve literacy skills by using problem-solving activities and Web

2.0 tools.

Materials and sources: Video lecture and additional links.

Expected product: The final product will be in the form of an essay. The essay

should be published in the course blog so that other students can access it and

teacher can review it.

To develop this activity you need to watch the video lecture. Please watch the

lecture the times you consider necessary and take notes. You can also research

aditional sources if you like.

Once you have read the lecture, you are going to answer the questions. The

questions will help you to recall the things you have learned and will be of great

usefulness in writing your essay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRjaGjoiyAk&feature=youtu.be

What Is Health? What Does Good Health Mean?

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150999.php

Definition of Healthy Lifestyle

http://www.livestrong.com/article/412212-definition-of-healthy-lifestyle/

According to the lecture, How health can be defined?

Why the context in which the individual lives influences his/her health and

quality of life?

What are the habits people need to follow in order to improve their

health?

How stress can affect a person’s health?

From your own perspective talk about the habits that can damage a

person’s health condition.

How be can define ‘health determinants’?

Once you have answered the questions you are ready to start writing your essay.

Remember an essay is a way to expose your point of view, please try to be

creative in your writing and express your ideas by using arguments. You can also

look for aditional information. The following links are different ways of writing an

essay. Remember an essay should have an introduction, a body and a

conclusion. Your essay should reflect a deep understanding of the topic. Please

remember to carefully follow the evaluation rubric guideliness. You can use the

template given for the activity if you like.

How to write an essay: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-an-Essay

The five-paragraph essay:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/five_par.htm

Once you have written the essay, you are going to post it on the course blog. Remember

to put your essay a title. All groups should post their essays on the blog, make sure to

create an entry. Each entry should be named: Groupnumber_EssayName, example:

Group 5_FactorsofHealth

Teacher is going to review each essay, for this reason the blog entries should be

organized. If you forgot how to enter the course blog, remeber you have to use the

course e-mail and password. Teacher is going to review each essay and grade them

according to the evaluation rubric. A group for extra study and instruction will be created

to help those students that need reinforcement in the activity. Teacher willl assign a group

leader and she will give her/him the e-mail password for entering to the course blog. The

leader must publish his/her group essay in the blog.

Blog addres: http://learningenglishweb20tools.blogspot.com.co/

E-mail: Learningenglishweb20@gmail.com

Once all groups have posted their essays, you are required to post a

comment down each entry of the blog. The comment must be a revision

of your classmate’s essay. This revision must take into account the

criteria given in the evaluation rubric. Make a comment based on the

ideas your classmate’s stated. Remember to use Netiquette rules.

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