Listening to English on Regular Basis

These days, students find it hard to comprehend words articulated by native speakers. The major factors that cause students to have poor understanding of speech delivered by Caucasian are students’ poor vocabularies and low English competency. However, the advancement of technology has allowed researchers to develop audiobook. The audiobook is the digital recording of a speaker reading a written text out. Therefore, the audiobook is synchronized to the reading texts distributed to the students. Audiobook not only allows students to concentrate on the reading materials but students are now exposed to the correct pronunciation, intonation and accents of good English speakers. Audiobook will serve as a platform for teaching listening in a classroom where a teacher might seek some topics of general interest which would motivate students in listening English texts. Apart from that, a teacher can introduce audiobooks of different genres where students would engage in listening during their free hours outside the schools. The introduction of audiobook allows the students to catch up their interest in sports, world issues, history, latest technology development etc via listening. Hence, the use of audiobook in a classroom serves a major step to encourage learning takes place in a listening lesson.

Learning to speak English in Interactive Games

Standing on the brink of an golden age of technology, language learning has taken a major shift where computer-based learning is beginning to gain prevalence all around the world. When it comes to learning English language, four of the major language skills one has to master in order to gain proficiency in the language are speaking, writing, reading, and listening.  Conversing in English would not be an easy task for some of the English learners where they would struggle for the right words to articulate. However, elearning company has offered an advanced alternative in learning to speak English.

Learning to speak English deluxe is developed by elearning company with the collaboration of language experts as well as university language professors. It is meticulously designed to meet the needs of English learners. On top of that, this software offers more than 25 interactive activities where English learners will engage in conversations to hone their conversational skills. Some of the primary focuses in the learning activities are conversation, pronunciation, simulations, vocabulary and grammar. These are some of the most important aspects in speaking as one has to learn to choose the right words and articulate it in the correct pronunciation.

Apart from that, the software has included a flexible immersion system where it allows users to choose the learning path that suits individual learning style. The learning system is integrated with real-world context and one can even converse with native speakers using engaging interactive videos and speech recognition tools. This is exactly the software that would serve as an effective teaching aid in conducting an English speaking class. Now, students no longer have to conform to the majority in learning to speak English. One can learn to speak the language in one’s preferable way to achieve better competency of the language. In short, learning to speak English is never an easy task but technology offers better alternatives to facilitate everyone’s needs in learning to speak good English.

Week 5

In week 5, I have learned different methods in editing photos using Adobe photoshop.  I never thought that Adobe photoshop is capable performing so many wonderful  stuff that allow the users to change almost every bit of one single photo. For instance, one can change the colour of the photo to make the picture more vibrant. Or one can create a soft background effect by adding more shades to the pictures. One will not be bored by the fun of editing video. Editing is really a fun and interesting activity and if one masters the skills well. It can be used in creating wonderful teaching aids. As a matter of fact, Adobe photoshop has allowed us to create vibrant, attractive, colourful images and utilize the images to create educational videos.

Week 4

In the fourth week, we learn how to integrate web technology in education. One of the most simple and easy ways is to use blog as a medium to keep absentees updated with the lessons they missed. Students will be encouraged to participate in learning activities via Internet where distance, time and space no longer limit the interaction between teachers and students. Besides, the lecturer has taught us some simple procedures in creating our own blogs and how to organize our blogs to make it attractive as well as informative.    On top of that, it is important for teachers to give positive comments and constructive feedback to motivate students to take part in the learning process. Therefore, a teacher should learn the blogs well to fully utilize them for the good of the students.

What makes today’s education different?

Standing on the golden brink of the age of technology, the world has come to learn of the potentials it bears to bring the education to a whole new level. While it is important for the users to manage the technology well, it is undeniable that technology offers changes as well as easier ways to organize lessons and classroom activities. Therefore, it is vital for teachers to keep abreast of the latest development of technology where teaching methods can be developed and enhanced to suit students’ learning abilities and styles.

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Week 3

In Week three, I have learnt about the rationale about ASURE model in teaching English. I learn about setting different types of objectives in an English classroom. The objectives can be classified into 4 major domains and they are cognitive domain, affective domain, motor-skill domain, and interpersonal domain. Then, I learned about the correct procedures as well as some important things that should be taken into consideration in delivering a good lesson. When it comes to technology, a teacher should take advantage of the media tools to attract students’ attention in classroom. Therefore, a teacher should be creative and innovative in utilizing media tools to make effective learning takes place in a classroom.

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Second Lecture

In the second lecture, I have learnt the purpose of integrating technology in classroom learning. Basically, the rationale of using technology in teaching is to help students to experience a new way towards learning. The concept of integrating technology in education also includes the understanding of communication model. One has to know the process that occurs between the source and receiver in order to effectively  inoculate new knowledge to the learners. Apart from that, I have learnt the role of a teacher as well as for the students where effective learning takes place. In short, a passionate teacher will be a good teacher who learns his role well and make careful plans to allow the a lesson to run smoothly with the integration of technology.

Second Week

In the second week, I have learnt about how to integrate pictures and photos in my personal blog. Actually, it wasn’t that hard at all if you put your mind into in and open your eyes wider, then you will find some tiny and delicate icons to upload your images as well as short clips.  Well…Chinese New Year is just around the corner…..it’s time to get entertained by chinese songs….just some recommendation as well as promotion for the local products…If you want to buy the CD, this is the album cover….H@PPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!

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