reading : What have i read : Point of view

Jumat, 25 Mei 2018

Developing Speaking Skills Using Virtual

Speaking Buddy

3. What is The Reader Point of view ?

The Reader point of view is how to make them understand that technology can teach children and can help teacher or parent to educate their child or student Its effectiveness is very much influenced by how strategic the teacher is in using this tool with their students. Hence it is especially important for the teacher to be made clear of their responsibilities when engaging the students with V-Buddy.

reading : What have i read : purpose

Kamis, 24 Mei 2018

Developing Speaking Skills Using Virtual

Speaking Buddy

1.What is the author main 

argument ?

The author is main argument is to interdisciplinary study integrates ICT in education through the innovation of an interactive audio-based application as a tool to enhance English language speaking skills among less proficient students. So the author will use ICT to improve the student is speaking skill and audio- based application so all student have chance to train their speaking skill

2.List and explain the author reason for 

his/her main argument ?

1.Sociocultural perspective on learning to speak

language; various systems of counting; mnemonic techniques; algebraic symbol systems; works of art; writing; schemes, diagrams, maps and mechanical drawings; all sorts of conventional signs and so on’ are all important in mediating social and individual functioning, and connecting the social and the individual, so the author use  Vygotsky’s semiotic mediation to suggests that knowledge is not something directly internalized but rather, is developed through the use of socially-created ‘psychological tools’.

2.VirSbud Application

 The author use V- buddy like The Talking Tom, for example, for modify the students’ voice and this raises difficulties for the teachers to keep track in the progress of students’ confidence level. The teacher will not be able to identify whether the students are slightly nervous or extremely nervous when listening to the recorded voice in the Talking Tom due to nature of the app which does not present the authentic voice.

reading : What have i read : Background

Developing Speaking Skills Using Virtual 

Speaking Buddy

Who is the author ?

Radzuwan Ab Rashid Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin

 Saiful Bahri Mohamed Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia.

  Mohd Fazry A. Rahman Kolej Komuniti Shah Alam

 Syadiah Nor Wan Shamsuddin 

Who is the audience ?

This interdisciplinary study integrates ICT in education through the innovation of an interactive audio-based application as a tool to enhance English language speaking skills among less proficient students. Drawing on the sociocultural perspective of learning, the application named ‘V-Buddy’ has been developed and tested with a group of participants which consists of five primary school students and an English language teacher.so the audience for this journal is for student and english teacher but it can open for public specialy for someone who want learn english and developing their speaking skills.

Perbedaan jurnal Bahasa indonesia dan bahasa inggris

Minggu, 29 April 2018

Sintaksis (Syntax)

Merupakan susunan kata-kata dalam sebuah kalimat, di mana sangat mirip saat digunakan dalam frase sederhana antara bahasa inggris dan bahasa Indonesia, namun akan berbeda jika ini dalam bentuk pertanyaan dan frase kata sifat.

Sebagai contoh pertanyaan dalam bahasa Inggris yang dimulai dengan 5W1H (who, what, when, why, where, how) diikuti dengan kata kerja lalu subyek, atau dalam pertanyaan Iya/tidak, dimulai dengan kata kerja diikuti dengan subyek:

WHAT ARE YOU EATING? / ARE YOU EATING?

Dalam bahasa Indonesia, pertanyaan dimulai dengan subyek:

KAMU MAKAN APA? / KAMU MAU MAKAN?

Sementara itu, untuk frasa kata sifat di kedua bahasa tersebut memiliki aturan yang berlawanan. Dalam bahasa Inggris, kata sifat berada sebelum kata benda, namun untuk bahasa Indonesia, kata benda berada diawal:

RED CAR / MOBIL MERAH

Verb Tenses (kata Kerja)

Bahasa Indonesia relatif mudah dipelajari karena aturan tata bahasanya yang sederhana, terutama berkaitan dengan kata kerja. Tidak seperti bahasa Indonesia dimana penggunaan kata kerja yang tetap sama baik di situasi lampau, sekarang maupun masa depan, lain halnya dengan bahasa Inggris yang memiliki 16 tenses yang berbeda! Ini mungkin memakan waktu yang lama untuk menguasai semuanya, tapi bukanlah mustahil!

Namun kalimat pasif lebih sering digunakan dalam bahasa Indonesia, sedangkan untuk bahasa Inggris lebih mengacu pada bentuk aktif, terutama ketika fokusnya pada obyek. Contohnya: “The last slice of cake was eaten by my brother” akan terdengar lebih canggung dan bertele-tele daripada menggunakan bentuk aktif: “My brother at the last slice of cake.”

Plural Form (Bentuk Jamak)

Sekali lagi, bahasa Indonesia masih yang lebih mudah dipelajari termasuk untuk mendeskripsikan objek yang lebih dari satu: hanya dengan pengulangan seperti buku buku atau anak anak, atau dengan menambahkan plural determiner/kata bantu jamak (banyak lukisan, para penonton dan sejumlah toko).

Bentuk bahasa Inggris jamak sedikit lebih membingungkan. Pertama, mereka terbagi menjadi dua kategori: kata benda beraturan dan tidak beraturan. Caranya cukup dengan menambahkan -s atau -es seperti books, paintings, potatoes and glasses – itu bagian mudahnya.

Berbagai hal bisa terjadi pada kata benda jamak yang tidak beraturan, dari yang sedikit perubahan seperti contoh (knife-knives, wolf-wolves, woman-women) dan yang lebih membingungkan misalnya (child-children, person-people, mouse-mice, foot-feet), lalu contoh perubahan yang terdengar agak aneh (cactus-cacti, phenomenon-phenomena). Lalu ada pula yang tidak perlu diganti, contohnya sheep, deer, species and offspring.

Pasif vs aktif

Baik bahasa Inggris ataupun bahasa Indonesia sama-sama menggunakan kalimat aktif dan pasif . Namun kalimat pasif lebih sering digunakan dalam bahasa Indonesia, sedangkan untuk bahasa Inggris lebih mengacu pada bentuk aktif, terutama ketika fokusnya pada obyek. Contohnya:

THE LAST SLICE OF CAKE WAS EATEN BY MY BROTHER.

akan terdengar lebih canggung dan bertele-tele daripada menggunakan bentuk aktif:

MY BROTHER AT THE LAST SLICE OF CAKE.

Jangan sampai perbedaan antara kedua bahasa tersebut mengintimidasi Anda. Dengan latihan dan tekad, anda pasti bisa menguasai dunia bahasa Inggris yang rumit!

Critical Reading Journal Articles tugas 5

Sabtu, 07 April 2018

Hi guys

is me, back again

now I want to tell you guys a part in the International article written by A.J. Hoge The creator of Effortless English Teaching System.

1. The Title

This International Article has title "Effortless English Teaching System".

2. The Abstrack

the author of this article has a good abstract. The author will show you how to improve speaking skill well and fast.the reason why  A.J Hoge create the article is because he knew that some of he student have problem in speaking and They were frustrated English learners who could not speak well. Using the Effortless English system, they learned to speak English easily and automatically.                                                  

3. The Introduction

The introduction author explains English is the lingua franca of the world, thus occupies an important place. English is a compulsion due to the reason that  he knew how we study speaking well and fast and some metode that we can do like enter the english club or make a english day in your life, so in the introduction he tell every thing and the point how he will make the reader can learn fast.

4.The Method

They were frustrated English learners who could not. The Effortless English system is very simple and consists of three primary areas of mastery: Body, Mind, & Method. By mastering specific techniques in each area, you will powerfully improve your English speaking ability. Your speech will become faster and you will begin to speak English automatically.Each of these three areas is important and eachcontributes to the power of the Effortless English Teaching System.When we talk about “Body” in Effortless English, we are mostly talking about emotion.Emotion is energy. Emotion is what gives us the energy and the motivation to study every day. Emotion gives us the confidence to speak. Positive emotion helps us to learn faster, while negative emotions slow our learning. To learn very quickly, we must learn to master our emotions-- and that requires mastery of our body. In the Effortless English System, “Mind” means b

5. Result and Findings

To learn faster and better, we must master our mind. Specifically,we must master our beliefs and our ideas. As a successful adult, you are highly intelligent. Yet, you probably have a lot of negative beliefs about your English learning ability. Some common negative beliefs include:

* English speaking is difficult

* Iʼm not good at English

* Iʼm nervous when I speak English

* I must speak English perfectly every time

* I canʼt make mistakes

* There is only one right answer

* I must memorize and follow all grammar rules

* People from my country canʼt speak English well

* Itʼs impossible to speak English easily and quickly

6.The Discussion
    In the Discussion the author will explain about how to practice speaking like starting with a belief in constant small improvement (CANI), you will follow a learning plan similar to the one below. By following your learning plan every day, you will have incredible success. In the beginning, your progress may feel slow. However, after 6 months of using the system every day- you will speak English much faster and much better.

7. Conclusion 

in this conclusion the authors aks us to have two choices for finding English lessons.

 There are several choices like :

- create your own.

- hiring a native speaker tutor.

- lessons is to use The Effortless English Club.

    

      So in the conclusion we should create our own lessons, be sure to follow all of the EffortlessEnglish System when using them. It is very important to master the Body and Mind techniques of the system. In fact,these are the most important parts of the system. Always create a strong posture when listening to the lessons. Always smile. Always use movements to help you remember difficult words.Also, be sure to create, review, and strengthen your new positive beliefs. Visualize your success. Focus on constant tiny improvements-- every day.The Body and Mind techniques give you a lot of power. Your energy will increase. Your motivation will increase. You will learn faster and more easily.Then combine Body and Mind with our Method-- to create incredible English speakingsuccess!

Good luck. I know you will be successful. You will speak English easily, quickly, and confidently.

Critical Reading Journal Articles tugas 4

Rabu, 28 Maret 2018

The Title

-Powerful English Speaking

The major ideas addressed in this article is English Speaking, who tells more specific about speaking English, The Effortless English system is designed for the independent adult learner who wants to speak English easily and quickly. 

The Abstract

The article  make they  who frustrated English learners who could not

 speak well. Using the Effortless English system, they learned to speak English easily

and automatically. Each of these students made incredible improvements in a very short time. im also will improve quickly when im use the entire Effortless English System and yes it’s cause-and-effect relationship between variables,A.J Hoge make the article so flexible so we can use it on laboratory or field

The introduction

the purpose of the article is reporting an empirical study, a new theory and research on a certain topic “The Effortless English system is designed for you-- the independent adult learner who wants to speak English easily and quickly. Effortless English focuses exclusively on speaking and listening skills. The system is designed to improve your speaking power as quickly as possible- using proven and tested methods. Over one million adult students worldwide have used the system to improve their English speaking. By using all parts of the system, you will improve your English speaking 2-5 times faster compared to other traditional English classes. It is very important that you use the system exactly. Each part is important and each part works with the other parts of the system to create a powerful learning experience for you”topic of the article is about “The Effortless English system”In creating Effortless English the very best English teaching techniques and combined them in a clear, simple, easy to use system. When you follow the system exactly, you cannot fail. You will experience the greatest English speaking improvement of your life.

  

The Method

The Effortless English system is very simple and consists of three primary areas of mastery: Body, Mind, & Method. By mastering specific techniques in each area, you will powerfully improve your English speaking ability. Your speech will become faster and you will begin to speak English automatically. Each of these three areas is important and each contributes to the power of the Effortless English Teaching System. The Effortless English method refers to the specific teaching techniques we use. These techniques were developed from the top teachers and researchers in the world. The Effortless English Teaching System uses techniques developed by Dr. James Asher, Dr. Stephen Krashen, Blaine Ray, Tony Robbins, Dr. Ashley Hastings, and Dr. Brenda Murphy. The Effortless English System is designed for one thing- to make you an outstanding English speaker. At Effortless English, our entire focus is on speaking

English easily and quickly.

The Results

The Results of the article is to improve the reader to read well.

    

 1. Listen to some energetic happy music. Stand tall. Lift your chest. Smile. Dance a

    little. (5 minutes)

2. Say (Yell) your positive beliefs: “Iʼm a great English speaker!” “English is easy!”.

   Use all of your body as you yell! (2 minutes)

3. Visualize yourself speaking English to a native speaker. See yourself speaking

     quickly and easily. See yourself smiling and looking confident. (3 minutes)

4. Listen To a Vocabulary Lesson and a Mini-Story Lesson (same Lesson topic). As you

    listen, move/gesture to remember difficult sentences. Smile and create a strong

    posture always. Shout your answers to questions. (20-30 minutes) Going To Work (or Late

    Morning):

1. Listen to same Mini-Story lesson several times. If you are in a car or at home, shout

    your answers! Use gestures and movements for difficult words. (20 minutes)

2. Listen to Point of View lesson several times (same lesson topic). Smile. Strong

    posture. (10 minutes)

The Discussion

You have two choices for finding English lessons. One simple choice is to create your own. How can you do this? I recommend hiring a native speaker tutor. When you meet them, tell them about the Effortless English System. Tell them you want to use this system to learn.Then ask your tutor to create Mini-Story lessons and Point of View lessons for you.This is fairly simple to do-- just ask them to teach you using these techniques and record the lesson. Then you can listen to the lesson many times.Gradually, you can create your own library of Mini-Story and Point of View lessons.Since the tutor is creating these lessons only for you, ask them to focus on topics you. 

The Conclusion

Whether you create your own lessons or use mine, be sure to follow all of the Effortless 

English System when using them. It is very important to master the Body and Mind techniques of the system. In fact, these are the most important parts of the system. Always create a strong posture when listening to the lessons. Always smile. Always use movements to help you remember difficult words. Also, be sure to create, review, and strengthen your new positive beliefs. Visualize your success. Focus on constant tiny improvements-- every day. The Body and Mind techniques give you a lot of power. Your energy will increase. Your motivation will increase. You will learn faster and more easily.

How do you find a research Article Tugas 3

Minggu, 25 Maret 2018

      I find the research article by searcing in internet and you will found some web or blogs who give you an up to date article like sage online, after i find it and read the abstrak i download it and i read it so i will know the meaning of the article.

Powerful English Speaking -Abstrak Tugas2

Minggu, 18 Maret 2018

My definition is simple-- you speak English automatically when your speech is
effortless. You speak fluent English when the words come out of your mouth-- without
translation and without hesitation.
Sometimes this is called “thinking in English”, but truly automatic speech is even faster
than that-- there is no thinking. You donʼt think about the language at all- you just
speak as easily and effortlessly as you do with your native language.
Why is automatic fluent speech important? Itʼs important because automatic English
speaking is the key to getting results with English. Automatic speaking makes it easy
to connect with native speakers. As an automatic English speaker, itʼs easy for you to
make friends, participate in business meetings, talk to customers, understand movies,
and get better jobs.
To get real results with English, you need to speak easily and automatically.

Powerful English Speaking Tugas 1

Minggu, 11 Maret 2018

ATTITUDES TO IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILLS BY GUIDED INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES

We have employed an innovative approach for improving speaking skills, which includes the following four stages:

Stage 1. Individual short talks on profes­sional topics followed by class discussions.

Stage 2. Individual Power Point Presenta­tions on a professional topic followed by class discussions.

Stage 3. Class discussions on a covered topic from the course book with emphasis on pros and cons of the issue.

Stage 4. Spontaneous speaking on a current professional issue, either by individual students or by the representative of a small group.

Results and discussion

This section reports the students’ responses and discusses the main points that emerged. The respondents were asked to indicate the degree of difficulty they had with the spoken language on the Likert’s scale ranging from “very dif­ficult” (1) to “very easy” (5).

Students’ reflections

This section reproduces passages from students’ weblogs about speaking activities they per­formed in their ESP classes. The key attention of written reflections is towards making PPPs, speaking spontaneously and giving short talks. For the sake of authenticity, neither style nor register were corrected.

Conclusions

The present study is rather limited in some respects. First, it describes the perceptions of starting students, undergraduates, about improving spoken English for their specific future profession. Second, the number of re­spondents is comparatively small: 45 students in PS sample and 42 students in SW sample.

Wendy Gusdiana, Resume book from another class

Senin, 01 Januari 2018

Name : Wendy Gusdiana
Resume Book from another class




1.Name : Amelia Novirana
   Books :A STUDENT'S INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR

This books tell me about the that so many people use english and english is the widely language in the world with around 400 million native speakers and a similar number of  bilingual speakers in several dozen partially English-speaking countries, and hundreds of  millions more users in other countries where English is  widely known and used in  business, gov­ ernment, or  media and this books tell me about  how we use grammar greatly.

2.Name :Abdul Malik

   Book : THE RULES OF LIFE

This books have 106 Chapter inside of it and it's explain about life motivation and filosofi. I will give you an example from chapter one:

Rule 1: Keep It Under Your Hat

You are about to discover ways to become positive, happy, and successful in everything you do. So there’s no need to say anything to anybody about it. Keep quiet. That’s it. So the first Rule is, quite simply, don’t preach, propagate, try to convert, shout from the rooftops, or even mention this.

Chapter 1 mean : it's mean that in life we will feel a happynes and successful but is't much batter we keep it secret, dont blow up it and be wisely person.

3.Name :Irma Pujiastuti

   Books : Psychology A Self-Teaching Guide

there are 11 chapter on this books and its explain about  Psychology

Chapter 1 explain about definition of Psychology : Psychology is the science that studies the behavior of organism. It's refer to Psychology has several different meanings from ancient to modern times.

Chapter 2 explain about Research Methods in Psychology

#The Scientific Method : Do the facts support your educate guess

#Naturalistic Observation : Looking at behavior without interference

#The Clinical Method : Studying troubled people

#The Case Study Method : One subject at a time

#The Survey Method : Large samples from larger populations

#The Testing Method : Mental Measurements

#The Correlational Method : When X is Associated with Y

#The Experimental Method : A tool with great power

4.Name : Siti Marwah

   Books : Facts and figures

5.Name : Haris Nutriyanto

   Books : Learning Styles and Sunday School Kids

6.Name :Assyifa Lutfianti

   Books : Psychotherapy east and west

7. Name : Seto Kurniadi

    Books :Mind Power Seduction

The idea that you have the power to change your reality is not a far fetched concept. People have been doing it for eons. Some non mainstream religions preach this and some animals have been proven to be able to do this (but that's a different story). So why haven't you learned or heard about these techniques before? Well, it could be conspiracy type suppression by governments and institutional education. Also, too much information spread out from too many cultures and too many institutions. What this book does is filter out all the complex, useless information into one easy to follow guide to unlock your mind's potential and get your blood pumping. Actually, it will start with the mind, and your blood pumping will be your end reward

8.Name : Silvia Ramadhanti

   Books :Everything you need to know about "TEACHING YOUR YOUNG CHILD MUSIC"

9. Name : Dini Sintia

    Books : Table of Content Inclusive Education for Students with Disability

10. Name : Mia Amalia

      Books : Visual Arts "arts education"

11.Name : Annisa Rusliasih

     Books : How Successful People Think

12.Name : Vira Anggita

     Books : Total quality management in education

13.Name :Finda Novianti

     Books :“The Psychology of Interpersonal Behaviour”

14.Name :Aliffira Retnodewati

     Books :Introducing Second Language Acquisition.

15.Name :Tika Ferbiani

     Books :How to write Better Essays

Video Summary reading

Senin, 11 Desember 2017

Summary Chapter 10, 11 & 12

Sabtu, 25 November 2017

Chapter 10 Producing electronic materials: Valentina Dodge

Uh, I find authoring tools are really helpful. Uh, they enable you to make web-based, interactive teaching materials that are specific to your, uh, learners’ needs and this is particularly useful for language learners, because they enjoy and they really benefit from even simple activities like crosswords or word searches or jumbled sentences, which you can do with, uh, software like Hot Potatoes. And, uh, then you can move on to more complex things where you actually create gap-filled, uh, texts for specific, removing specific words that your learners need to focus on, uh, or highlighting problems, for example, of punctuation.

Chaeepter 11, e-learning:

e-Learning is learning utilizing electronic technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional classroom.  In most cases, it refers to a course, program or degree delivered completely online.

There are many terms used to describe learning that is delivered online, via the internet, ranging from Distance Education, to computerized electronic learning, online learning, internet learning and many others. We define eLearning as courses that are specifically delivered via the internet to somewhere other than the classroom where the professor is teaching.

Chapter 12 Preparing for the future
This ambivalence about technology stems in part from our own experience with it. The very
electronic devices that have become an extension of our children are an enigma to many of us
in the older generation. The buttons — in fact, the entire keyboard — on these devices are often
too small for us to see and use. We can’t read the screen. Technology alienates us from one

another, or we become dependent on it.

Chapter 12, Preparing for the future, may be an interesting additional extra reading. It reviews the current state of the art, and gives advice on how to keep up-to-date in such a changing world and foresees what things like web 2.0, online learning, virtual learning and m-learning may bring. This chapter is very attractive and, even for those already in the field, will certainly offer new discussion and thinking perspectives.

Summary Chapter 8 & 9

Chapter 8, Online reference tools, looks at online resources as dictionaries, thesauruses, translators, corpuses andencyclopaedias;



Chapter 9, Technology based courseware, shows publishers' materials that teachers may want to use
along with their textbooks (of which, most times they are official complimentary materials). Chapter 9 also devotes some space to interactive whiteboards that have so successfully incorporated in countries like India or Mexico, and computer assisted language testing software and online resources. This chapter is enhanced by the following, Producing electronic materials, which is a very appealing mini-course in authoring, creating and designing one own's materials with or without authoring tools like Hot Potatoes, Clarity Software, Creative Technology or Quia.

Summary chapter 7

Chapter 7, blogs, wikis and podcasts, deals with social software in which a variety of social actants have the opportunity to include their own contents. Among these, podcasts are significant for the language teachers because teachers find difficult to find resources for pronunciation with a variety of accents and registers to be used in the classes. Wikis and blogs incorporate a wide variety of audiovisual items that are worth incorporating in the foreign language classroom.

The difference between Blog,Website and Podcasts
Blog is a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.

Website is a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web.

 Podcasts is a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or mobile device, typically available as a series, new installments of which can be received by subscribers automatically.

Summary chapter 5 & 6

Communication asynchronous and synchronous are especially studied in chapters 5 and 6, How to use email and How to use chat. These two chapters have attracted a huge number of researchers in the last few years that have been able to see their importance in cross cultural communication and intercultural competence. Thus, the first and foreign language teachers may want to read the chapters with especial attention. These chapters include features such as proposals for keypal projects, or the educational use of chat rooms (either written or oral), chat lessons, and, overall, follow up activities for both types of communication activities

Chapter 5 How to use Email.
the benefits of email

1 benefits of email marketing

2. Immediacy

3. Global

4. Easy to share

5. Easy to measure

6. Easy to create

7. Calls to action

8. Segmentation

Summary chapter 4

Chapter 4, Internet-based project work, addresses the issue of task based learning and cooperative language learning, two of the most significant issues in the last twenty years in language teaching. The authors propose a scale from the easier projects like information gather to simulations and webquests. Especially significant is the authorst combination of constructivist and behaviourist ideas and function of webquests in language learning (p. 56).

Project work is a series of activities that allows the students to study,do research and act by themselves using their abilities, interests, personal experience and aptitiudes. The Project Work Progresses under the guidance and monitoring of a Teacher or other Adviser. The Teacher or Adviser will give ideas about Project Work, advice about the topic, how to manage the data collection process and planning.

Summary chapter 3

Chapter 3, Using websites, is probably one of the most interesting chapters since the chapter gives information on how to find information for classroom activities, it makes a difference between authentic and teacher created materials, on the features to be evaluated when working with and distinguishing the best didactic websites, it also provides ideas for classroom plans and, very important, tips for disadvantaged or advanced students. The chapter is also attractive because it gives ideas for classes with different proficiency levels.

A website is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a common domain name, and published on at least one web server. A website may be accessible via a public Internet Protocol (IP) network, such as the Internet, or a private local area network (LAN), by referencing a uniform resource locator (URL) that identifies the site.

Summary chapter 2

Sabtu, 18 November 2017

Chapter 2, Word processors in the classroom, provides unique ideas for those teachers with limited expertise in teaching with technology so they can begin progressively to incorporate computer activities with texts and pictures but, in any case, in a productive and elaborate way.

The word processor was one of the first applications to appear on early PCs, displaying words as they were tapped out on the keyboard. Today's word processors are far more advanced and stylish, but the underlying principle remains the same: These applications are used to input and output large amounts of text, with some processing and editing along the way, if required.

Word Processor Programs

WordPad is a basic word processor included with Microsoft Windows, while the industry standard Microsoft Word is available as part of the Microsoft Office Suite. Alternative freeware office suites include LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice. A number of online browser-based word processors are available as well, including Google Document, the word processor offered as part of Google Drive. Desktop publishing (DTP) applications offer more flexibility in terms of layouts, and are more suitable for working with newsletters, magazines, flyers, posters and other similar documents beyond the reach of the standard word processor.

summary Chapter 1

Jumat, 10 November 2017

Chapter Summary
Chapter 1, Technology in the classroom, deal with the importance of including ICT in the language curriculum. According to the authors ICT have intrinsic features that make its use a valuable source of input but, as mentioned above, sometimes teachers may distrust technology or just be reluctant to include computer activities in their classrooms.

implementing ICT in the Classroom

Introduction

In School Innovation: Pathway to the Knowledge Society there is an unequivocal statement of what teachers have to do:

“The integration of I.C.T. into all major social institutions and organisations means that the necessity to equip young people with the capacity to understand and utilise the potential of such environments is no longer an option, but is now an imperative.”

(Cuttance, 2001:73)  

Integration of ICT– long term project approach.  This took the form of a long term project or activity.  In this case I set a long term activity which is loosely related to the work we are doing in the term.  The advantage is that you can separate the classroom work from the ICT work and if you miss a lesson due to an excursion or “incursion” (an in school activity that cuts into your lesson times) you a catch up the following week.  From a student’s learning viewpoint this approach sometimes creates difficulty for the students as two weeks is a long time between activities and often only think about the lesson as they come to it. In addition it sometimes proved difficult to integrate into the classroom work going on at the same time.