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CIWA – January 2011. Internet in the ESL classroom tips for application. Benefits of computers Variety of materials Ease of access Breadth of content Cultural relevance Self-access options Change of focus / interaction Individual focus on students Different ways of practicing language
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CIWA – January 2011 Internet in the ESL classroom tips for application
Benefits of computers Variety of materials Ease of access Breadth of content Cultural relevance Self-access options Change of focus / interaction Individual focus on students Different ways of practicing language Opportunities for interaction beyond classroom Etc. Challenges & difficulties Computer literacy issues Technical difficulties Depersonalized learning / lack of interaction during class time Lack of focus with some students / distractions Lack of teacher’s involvement Feedback is challenging What we like & what we hate
What’s your CALL awareness? Do you know the following terms / abbreviations? • PDF • Chat • Blog • Podcast • Skype • Webquest • Wiki • Audacity
Wiki ciwa1.wikispaces.com
Audacity - practice • Recording yourself: - Record a 30 second long description of your weekend (without preparing) - Listen to yourself and decide what can be improved (vocabulary, grammar, amount of detail). - Mute the 1st recording / don’t delete it. Record the same talk again. - Listen to the 2nd recording and compare it to the 1st one. What is different? Better? 2. Recording a phone message. • Recorded conversations (phone tag) • Recording for pronunciation.
Audacity - practice 3. Recorded conversations (phone tag) • Individually, spend 30-60 seconds thinking about Audacity. What do you like/dislike about it? How could you use it in your teaching? • Then record some of your thoughts. Don’t speak for more than a minute. • Then swap computers with your partner (who just finished doing the same thing). Now, listen to her ideas. • Stay at your partner’s computer and record a response. You can also ask some questions to your partner.(1st, mute the 1st recording. Then press record and start speaking). • Now swap computers again and repeat the cycle.
Audacity - practice 4. Recording for pronunciation. • Read the text below. • Then record it in Audacity. • Listen to yourself. • Then open the file called ‘a few words’. • Listen to my version of the same text. • Now try to record it again yourself. • Compare our ways of pronouncing things.