Web-based activities, quizzes and materials have great potential to enhance learning and positive impacts on student learning. So it is very important to use it in the classroom. Teachers need to create their own web-based language activities, quizzes and materials for several reasons. These reasons include the activities can easily be modified to support students at different level or with special needs, Materials can be updated easily and often and the students can access course materials or information anytime. Another reason for using Web-based activities that most of the students are digital native so these activities well increase the student motivation to learn because it fits their interest in technology and learning. The teachers in Saudi Arabia should use web-based activities and materials because the book doesn’t have interactive activities or reliable material to enhance learning.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Virtual Rooms in the Language Classroom
Last week, I had the class about How does Arabic influence the Pronunciation of English? It was it was virtual classroom with Ms. Peggy Tharpe. Peggy talked about How Does Arabic Influence the Pronunciation of English? Also she talked about the sound system in Arabic and English and differentiates between them. She compared between vowels and consonant in both language. Peggy mentioned that Arabic speakers usually face the problem of phonological interference as their L1 affects their pronunciation of L2 sounds. At the end, Peggy suggested some solution in order to help them to solve this problem like active listening.
There are many advantages of virtual rooms in the language classroom. Virtual rooms create a different atmosphere in education program. It helps Students to develop their language and skills such as critical thinking and active listening. Virtual rooms help student to acquire knowledge and experiment a new way of learn using technological resources. Also student can use electronic media like a discussion forum, chat room. In addition, Virtual rooms help Students to learn how to communicate through the internet.
On other hand, virtual rooms in the language classroom have some disadvantages. First, the computers in class room may have limited access to the internet. Second, teachers need to ensure that students enter the room and everything is OK.
I will consider the use of virtual classroom in the teaching and learning. I believe it makes a different and interactive class where the integration of technology is the key of change in the ESL/EFL teaching and learning process.
There are many advantages of virtual rooms in the language classroom. Virtual rooms create a different atmosphere in education program. It helps Students to develop their language and skills such as critical thinking and active listening. Virtual rooms help student to acquire knowledge and experiment a new way of learn using technological resources. Also student can use electronic media like a discussion forum, chat room. In addition, Virtual rooms help Students to learn how to communicate through the internet.
On other hand, virtual rooms in the language classroom have some disadvantages. First, the computers in class room may have limited access to the internet. Second, teachers need to ensure that students enter the room and everything is OK.
I will consider the use of virtual classroom in the teaching and learning. I believe it makes a different and interactive class where the integration of technology is the key of change in the ESL/EFL teaching and learning process.
Friday, March 7, 2014
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