Week 4: CALL Me … Maybe: A Framework for Integrating the Internet into ELT
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The reading “CALL Me … Maybe: A Framework for Integrating the Internet into ELT” present the benefits of using Internet in Language classroom and how using it can improve the teaching and learning process of English. Something I want to remember from this article is that Internet offers exposure to English, along with the opportunity to manipulate the language and interact in it. Internet can be used to offer advice, facilitate analysis or conduct activities according to what student’s needs. It provides many resources that teachers and learners might exploit allowing them to use authentic or semi-authentic English Language Learning Materials. Something I learned from this article and that every teacher should know was that even if you have less access to Internet you can reproduce and save materials for use them offline. For example, printing pages or exercises, saving them on a flash driver to used them into the class. This technological tool can be used to engage students in a more interactive learning by stimulating creativity and fostering communication and collaboration. Something I learned and that I immediately wanted to share with a colleague was that mobile phones are more accessible than computers. So, teachers can allow students to use them in order to access to Internet just for academic purposes. To conclude, cutting-edge technology, such as Internet, is becoming a great tool for a good, and effective ELT.
Hello Maria Jose!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with you in this part when you said that “technological tool can be used to engage students in a more interactive learning by stimulating creativity and fostering communication and collaboration." Also, the Internet promotes autonomous learning and can be an important teaching aid in their future careers as teachers. Moreover, the use of ICT allowed them to control and manage the class, both their learning materials and their students' behavior. The Internet has the potential of making teaching more fun and interesting, and thus to increase students' motivation to learn, and also, the Internet is a valuable source of information and an important additional teaching tool.