Technology in English, a shortcut to be interested in English
CALL course was a big challenge for me at the very first time since I'm a kind of computer illiterate. However, I shouldn't have worried because it was not a computer machine work but creative English educational works. I have had hard time to activate or create some tools but it was worth it.
The biggest strength of the computer based tools is catching interests. A lot of Korean EFL students are still not familiar with 'English' itself. What it means, they have anxieties in English since it's a big part of the 'Language' which they have to learn and study hard. However, for example, for young learners such as elementary school or middle school students are pretty much into the cartoons, short movies or quiz games. Domo Animate, Zimmer twins and Story bird are fun activities to do for students. Those tools are not like boring 'text books,' instead, they have fancy characters, colorful visual options and short language materials that make students feel quite comfortable to study.
Availiability for creating by learners is another attractiveness. In creating process, students are able to think about the topic once again and concentrate more. For teachers, it might take more time than just printing out some hand-outs, they can definitely draw students' attention and interests though. Sharing creative works with students and teachers all together using various tools will improve English education environment. For this environment, a big amount of respects should be based on preventing from infringement of copyrights.
CALL tools let students listen and speak frequently. Tools such as Audio box, Voice thread, Pod-cast and Skype etc., make learners' ears open and provide the environments for speaking confidently. Attempting is one of the important elements of learning English. By teachers' instruction or without instruction, learners can try by themselves listening and speaking English through easy access via lap-top, tablets or smart-phones, the trials can be done. If these trials accrue, their English skills will be much developed.
For my future lessons, I would love to use various tools that I learned from this course. I will focus on adults' teaching recommending and introducing them Synchronous/Asynchronous CMC tools, listening/pod-cast tools and reference tools especially.
Again, I had a bit of hard time to learn all of those tools but very worthwhile to be aware of and practice. Introducing and recommending useful and efficient tools to students are important duties for teachers and instructors. I've learned this definitely.
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