Teaching English With Technology

Teaching English with Technology

Gabriel Daz Maggioli, M.A.14th March 2009

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Do you use technology in your classes?

If soHow much? How often? How well?


Aims of this presentation

Help you understand technology

Provide ideas on how to use technology in the classroom

Look at some examples of technology use by students outside the classroom.


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WhatWhat do do expertsexperts saysay??

Technology in Language Teaching is not new. Indeed, technology has been around in language teaching for decadesone might argue for centuries, if we classify the blackboard as a form of technology. Tape recorders, language laboratories and video have been in use since the 1960s and 1970s, and are still used in classrooms around the world.

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So what is technology?So what is technology?

Technology is the broad term used to address any kind of media (electronic or otherwise) which help support learning. Technology is used for teaching primarily the same knowledge and skills that teachers teach in the classroom. What is special about technology is that it provides opportunities to supplement familiar teaching strategies in important ways.

DoesDoes usingusing technologytechnology helphelp learnerslearners learnlearn more?more?


SomeSome advantagesadvantages

Technology allows students to vary

the amount of time they spend the help they request the path they take through a learning activity

enables the teacher to tailor instruction specifically to individual learners

provides individualized interaction helps learners develop learning strategies that will

benefit them beyond the language classroom. provides authentic material in a quick, accessible

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ButButtechnologytechnology isis notnot thethe answeranswer toto allall ourour problemsproblems in in thethe

classroomclassroom


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So, what sort of things can we do?

A few practical ideas to start the year with technological pizzazz


GettingGetting startedstarted


Where do youthink weshould/couldStart?

TheThe possibilitiespossibilities are are endlessendless

Word processor Websites

Email Chat Wikis Blogs

Podcasts Online reference tools


Word Word ProcessorProcessor

Inserting images and links Creating forms (Adding text boxes,

check boxes and drop-down menus) Using track changes Creative writing Collaborative writing

Check: http://edvista.com/claire/wp.html http://office.microsoft.com/ Search for FORMS


WebsitesWebsites

Considering googling key webpages before the class to provide them to students.

Check the webpage for accuracy, currency, content and functionality.

Save the links to your favourite webpages in your FAVOURITES menu. Check:

http://www.ask.com for real language searches http://www.google.com for images and info.


DoingDoing thingsthings withwith webpageswebpages

Treasure hunts (similar to Find someone who) Webquests (Aim, Final product, Process,

Resources, Evaluation) Comparing versions. Analyzing style. Internet-based Project Work. Access to authentic Listening comprehension

texts Access to Videos and videoclips.


EmailEmail

Learners submit work as attachments by mail Teacher emails learners homework, summaries of

classwork, extra material, etc. The teacher can email regular newsletters about the

class and themselves during the academic year as well as over the holidays.

Learners can email to prepare before class. Learners can use email for individual tutorials with the

teacher. Email can be used for collaborative writing (In groups

Learner 1 starts the story and so on)


ChatChat

Chat is a tool which allows for synchronous, i.e. real- time, communication over the internet.

It may include a video and sound component or only text.

Advantages;Contact with other learners/cultures; Real communication with a real purpose; Use of a new medium in the classroom;Opportunity to practice both spoken and written English Check:

http://www.skype.com for voice and text chats


BlogsBlogs

Tutor Blog Student blog Class blog Set homework Personal and family

information (including photos)

Reactions to a film, article, class topic, current affairs, etc.

Provide a summary of classwork

Extra writing practice on class topics.

Thing learners like / dont like doing in class.

Provide links to extra reading/listening materials.

Regular comments on current affairs.

A class/groups project on any topic

Question and Answer (e.g. about grammar, classwork, etc.)

Research and present information on a topic (e.g. English-speaking country)

Exam/Study tips Personal photoblogs


WikisWikis

A wiki is like a public website or public web page started by one person, but which subsequent visitors can add to, delete or change as they wish.

A wiki is like having a publicly accessible word processing document available online, which anyone can edit. Check:

http://www.wikispaces.com


PodcastsPodcasts

Similar to a radio or tv show. You can listen to or watch (or even

create) a podcast on a topic that interests you whenever you want to. Check:

http://www.englishcaster.com http://www.bbc.co.uk http://www.npr.org http://www.audacity.com


Online Online referencereference toolstools

Dictionaries Language translators Thesauruses Concordancing programmes

Monoconc (www.monoconc.com) U$ 69

Corpuses www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk

Encyclopedias www.britannica.com www.wikipedia.com


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Bibliography Chapelle, C. and Jamieson, J. (2008) Tips for teaching with

CALL: Practical Approaches to Computer-Assisted Language Learning. White Plains, NY: Pearson Longman

Dudeney, G. and Hockly, N. (2007) How to teach English with Technology. Harlow: Pearson Longman

Simkins, M., Cole, K., Tavalin, F. and Means, B. (2002) Increasing Student Learning with Multimedia Projects. Alexandria, VA: ASCD


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