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Technology in Teaching English as Second Language

Technology in Teaching English as Second Language. Team members: Fei Liu SooYoung Kim Jim. Part 1 Description:. In the 1970s, technology became affordable. Until 20 years later, the equipment designed for language learning were developed.

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Technology in Teaching English as Second Language

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  1. Technology in Teaching English as Second Language • Team members: • Fei Liu • SooYoung Kim • Jim

  2. Part 1 Description: • In the 1970s, technology became affordable. • Until 20 years later, the equipment designed for language learning were developed. • In the twenty years or so since then, video, audiotape authentic TV etc. have became more widely available teaching aids..

  3. Part 2.1 Video • Andy Hoodith saitama university • Articles:The Real World in the ClassroomPromoting Oral Fluency via Group & Pair WorkLearning and Acquiring Language Information gapsUsing Video in the ESL Classroom • http://www.eltnews.com/columns/teachingideas/AndyHoodith-OralFluency.shtml

  4. Example 1 • Other teaching tools: textbooks, and the basic blackboard. • Video is a relatively new option for the language teacher. • One technique is silent viewing. The students view a sequence, for example of a couple checking into a hotel or ordering a meal in a restaurant, and them attempt to generate an appropriate dialogue for the scene. (From Using Video in the ESL Classroom)

  5. Part 2.2 Music & Recorder • Ian Hewitt a Japan-based English teacher • Book:Edutainment: How to Teach Language with Fun and Games --a new teaching manual and audiocassette packagestudents learn all the language skills*listening…Following the song to determine words.*Reading…Reading the lyrics.*Writing…Filling in the blanks*Speaking…Singing the song • http://www.eslgames.com/

  6. Example 2 • Teaching ESL in a non-English speaking country • Keep students in touch with English • First asked students to bring in a recorder and a song; • Second put some blanks in the lyrics on the tape and let them take the copies home try to listen to that song anywhere possible. • Then asked students bring it in in the following week with the blanks filled in. (From Teaching English with Songs and Music)

  7. Part 3.1 Organization: • Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)http://www.tesol.edu/index.html • International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)http://www.iatefl.org/ • Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) http://jalt.org • Us state department in education:http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching

  8. Part 3.2 Others: • Theory:http://www.eltnews.com/columns/teachingideas • Online class: http://www.virtualclass.org/ • ESL in the world:http://geocities.com/englishteachertaiwan/ • Chat room for teachers who work on ESL:http://teachers.net/mentors/esl_language/ • Fun site: http://www.eslconnect.com/links.html • A 14-year boy’s educational site:http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck • Material and plan for ESL:http://www.esl-lounge.com/ • ESL game link:http://www.eslgames.com/links.htm

  9. Part 4 the Future • Video is the latest tool used in ESL. it is still far from the real world. • Practice and language environment are the most important factors in language learning. • A three-dimensional environment, a computer-based virtual English world.

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