Several years ago Korea government made English educational broadcasting company to improve English learning ability via webcast, which is suitable for elementary School students. Two years ago, I taught large second grade class and I have used it my English class like the EBS Internet VOD with "Elementary school sixth-grade English" and "English Cafe"
I have re-organized the program textbooks, developed learning and teaching method considering the students' level and suggested various kinds of activities, such as role-play, game, online learning community, e-mail, chat, and so on.
The class had 49 sixth-grade students. They pre-studied basic contents through webcast for the next class. They learned listening, speaking, reading and writing with various kinds of task worksheets and activities while viewing the Internet VOD. Out of class, tasks and contents of the instruction were presented at online learning community.
There are many positive effectiveness in my class.
First, there was a significant rise in students' affective domains( interest, participation, confidence, self-directedness, and motivation ) after having used the Internet VOD for English learning ability.
Second, the students were able to improve their English learning abilities while developing learning and teaching method( pre-viewing, while-viewing, post-viewing ).
Third, the webbcast activity turned out to be an appropriate means to change the focus of the classroom from teacher dominated to student-centered; thus it could increase students' problem-solving abilities.
Fourth, through the actual experience with a native speaker on VOD, the students were more interested in learning English than before and could be good at speaking English.
Fifth, process-oriented instruction was possible while students have role-play, game, e-mail, chat and upload their products to the online learning community. It also could get teacher's feedback.
In conclusion, using the EBS Internet VOD for English learning ability will be able to improve students' self-directed learning attitude, interest, participation and confidence, and it will be effective for learning in the classroom.
Also the Internet VOD will help to give students motivation for learning English, and it can be used for supplementary or enriched classes according to students' level and motivation. I have believed that We could overcome many large class problems using webcast program
I read http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer/teaching/largeclasses.html. The writer said about large class teaching using multimedia. I saw a photo Looks like digital textbook class. using a digital textbook changed the types of interactions in an English class. Korean government has invested to make digital textbook contents and established Digital Classroom. If you visit my blog. You can see the photo about my school's digital classroom and my teaching. we have electronic whiteboard, 16table pc etc.
Using a digital textbook changed the types of interactions in an my English class. As individual work increased, students had more opportunities to interact with the textbook content and with the teacher through one-to-one conversations. However, the overall interactions among the students decreased since the pair/group work decreased. This was because the pair/group work was replaced by individual or whole class work in the digital classroom. Overall, the instruction using a digital textbook was more learner-centered than the traditional instruction. In the aspect of motivation, using a digital textbook motivated the students' learning as increasing their interest, attention, autonomy, and participation.
Except for the pair or group work. Students believed that the interactions between a teacher and a student, a student and a student, and a student and the content increased. Students might think the interaction among students increased because they had more chances to share their learning experiences with others using a digital textbook and an electronic whiteboard. Students also perceived that using a digital textbook had a positive influence on their motivation to learn in terms of attention, relevance, confidence, satisfaction, and academic achievements.
From these results, it is identified that using a digital textbook has an influence on classroom interactions and also facilitates students' motivation as providing various functions and content and establishing a digital environment. In this perspective, it can be concluded that using a digital textbook would be helpful for more successful English language learning in schools.
But Most of all, financial support should be provided. For effective instruction using internet and computers to take place, systematic management of computer labs and regular system upgrades are necessary. In addition, English teachers should share useful information and research products through collaborative study.
Cordially yours
Choi
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