Wednesday, July 6, 2011

CALL for Aural/Oral skills

Linsay Miller introduces a model teaching method of using the Internet for students effectively. She mentioned using pre-, while- and post- listening tasks and the first technology media she talks about this process is the radio and using BBC or VOA. but Most of Korean are accustomed American accent. Many korean adults have studying CNN, VOA not BBC. British accent is not common to korean student. Most of all multemedia like CD, Video tape, TV is recorded in American Accent.
After I read 'Developing Listening Skills with Authentic Materials' I have plan to set up a class, makeup an agenda, and teach the class using the Internet, and then make a conclusion about the class with questionnaires that the students fill in. She mentioned about using TV/Video and the use of internet/CD ROM. Thank to government investment my school has fast Internet network and it has many desktop computers, I focused using internet. Using the Internet will have good effects only when the teachers become very familiar with the Internet, and the new teaching aid media, and are able to select proper materials on the Internet for the enjoyment of learning. And students tend to be more interested and confident in English when they use the Internet. I think that the reason seems to be that the students feel less stressful when using the Internet in the classroom and they can get interesting and proper feedbacks from the Internet. In my experience, depending on the students' ability to operate and search the Internet, students show different concentration powers. However, if the teachers teach students how to operate computers, and they select proper materials, such a problem can be dealt with.If more teachers are well trained for a new teaching method of the Internet Age, the goal for Elementary English Education will be achieved more easily and effectively. I would like to show my favorite English learnig site for my fifth grade students. 
The URL is http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/ . This website name is "LearnEnglish Kids!". LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council's website for children around the world who are learning English as a second or foreign language. This site has free resources for children to use at home, either independently or with family members or friends. I can use activities from this site to children to do for homework, or during school holidays. I always use materials on LearnEnglish Kids in my fifth grade classroom. In the games section we can find online games and activities about topics that feature in many textbooks and syllabuses. In the listen and watch section we can find animated stories and songs especially written for children. Many of the stories and songs have worksheets that we can download and use in the classroom. Especially It has videos, and online activities designed to practise listening skills.In the read and write section There are worksheets that we can download to help children develop their reading and writing skills. I use these in the classroom. There are also activities in this section that are designed to encourage children to send written contributions to the site. In the make section we can find online activities in which children can create something. There are also arts and crafts worksheets which we can download and use in the classroom. Watch the videos here of children making things. If you vist my delicious bookmark URLhttp://www.delicious.com/KYEONGHWANCHOI, you can find my favorite website that use my classroom.

Sincerely Choi

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