15-TECHNOLOGY

The Benefits for Young Learners

Technology can contribute to the global development of our pupils and complies with the psychological,linguistic,cognitive,social and cultural objectives of most language teaching programmes.

Using Video

There’re a number of authentic sorces of suitable videos.

·         Animated stories

·         TV children’s pprogrammes

·         Documentary

·         Nursery rhymes

·         Self-made videos

A Video-based Methodology

Three stages-pre-,while-,post-viewing.

Pre-viewing/Plan

·         Contextualizing the video sequence

·         Motivating pupils to view

·         Focusing the pupils attention

·         Activating prior knowledge about a topic

·         Making predictions

·         Eliciting or pre-teaching key language

·         Explaining the reason and purpose

While-viewing/Do

1.      global viewing or viewing for general understanding:Children need to see a whole video sequence or extract shown straight through first so that they can follow and understand the global meaning.After that the teacher may go back over the sequence or extract and exploit it in order to focus on particular aspects of language and content.If a sequence is carefully selected it allows you to maintain interest and suspense and encourage children to predict what happens next.

2.      viewing for detail:This usually requires children to focus on something very specific and they may require a physical response.typical activities:

·         watch&complete the picture

·         watch&number     

·         watch&tick               

·         watch&draw                                     tick,number,draw lines&complete a picture        

·         watch&write

·         watch&sort

3.viewing for pleasure

Post-viewing/Review

To be consolidated,extended and personalized or to provide opportunities to research further information can include:recording information,comparing information,crosswords,spot the difference,craft activities,drawing,writing instructions or recipes,sequencing,questionnaires&quizes,surveys,labelling,designing a poster or a badge,reading&colouring,playing a game and reviewing work done.At the end of pupils hard work,allows them to view the video for pleasure.

Video room management

·         Familiarize yourself

·         Watch a sequence several times

·         Practice using the pause button,rewind,etc.

·         Always check your equipment before you start your lesson

·         Make sure all pupils can see and hear the video.

·         Make sure pupils know what they have to do while viewing and why.

·         Use the pause button.

Using computers

Without the necessary technical support,using computers can become frustrating for yourself&the pupils and time-wasting.If you’re in a school where there’s one computer per class,you can organize part of your classes where pupils divide into groups and move around doing different activities,so each group will get a turn to work on the computer.

You could use one computer with the whole class if you’re able to Project the screen.In this way youcould elicit from the pupils and invite individual pupils to operate the keyboard.It’s important that using computers is for learning and not for play.

A Computer-based Methodology

Three stages-pre,while,post

Before Using Computers/Plan

·         Plan work you’ll do with computers.

·         Establish ground rules.

·         Pre-teach computer related vocabulary.

·         Contextualize work&get pupils to focus on the topic.

·         Prepare pupils linguistically and conceptually for the activity type,demonstrating as appropriate.

·         Make sure that children working together.(they’re to take turns,share&help each other as necessary.)

·         Explain purpose of a computer activity.

While Using Computers/Do

·         Make sure pupils respect rules.

·         Make sure pupils stay on task.

·         Make sure pupils carry out their task while you monitor,help,guide and advise as necessary.

After Using Computers/Review

Depending on the task pupils should:

·         Complete work

·         Check work,record scores,complete evaluation shhet

·         Collate work

·         Display work

·         Compare their work

·         Review what they have done and why.

 

 

CALL Options

The word processor allows pupils to practice their WRITING SKILLS and take pride in the presentation of their work,especially creating materials for Project work and displays.(writing process)

Authoring Programs

An authoring program allows teachers to create their own exercises,allowing great flexibility as exercises can be designed to be used with near beginners to higher level pupils.

One of the most popular is a text reconstruction activity called Storyboard,where a short text(authored by the teacher to suit the level of his/her pupils)is entirely obliterated on screen,each letter of each word being replaced by a blob,leaving only the tittle,punctuation and spacing intact,all of which provide pupils with important clues.It can be used with a variety of levels building up writing skills from word and sentence level to short text level.Pupils work together on reconstructing a text,they’re developing social and collaborative skiils.

Storyboard can be used AFTER language has been introduced and practiced from a unit in a coursebook or AFTER a topic,a story,a song or rhyme has been presented in class and pupils are confident and familiar with the language.

As children become familiar with Storyboard they very quicklydevelop strategies for attacking the blobs,such as entering common function words,using the tittle to predict content,remembering key vocabulary&phrases,remembering sequences,etc.A scoring facility tells them the number of words in the text so they can see how many words they have found and how many they stil have to find which adds a game-like dimension to the activity.

The Internet and How To Find Approprite Sites

The web can be a useful tool for Project work,topic and story-based work in the young lerners classroom and e-mail is a wonderful way of encouraging children to read and write to each other children all over the world.

Google-search engine-we use this when we KNOW EXACTLY what we’re looking for.

Yahoo-web directory-we use this if we’re looking for sth. More GENERAL.

It’s useful to bear in mind the following criteria:

·         Accuracy

·         Authority

·         Currency

·         Presentation

·         Visuals

·         Sound

·         Relevance

·         Usability

·         Language level

·         Education potential

·         Potential for follow-up

Web Safety

The open nature of the internet means that there’re some materials which are inappropriate for viewing by children.Protect your pupils from distasteful sites!Your computers should be equipped with a program like Net Nanny,Cyber Sentinel or Cyber Patrol.It can’t be guaranteed that an inappropriate site can’t be accessed.It’s advisable

·         not to allow your pupils to use a search engine unless authorized and supervised by you,or unless it’s a child-safe one such as Yahooligans,SafetyNet or Ask Jeeves for Kids.

·         Children should always be supervised in a computer room.

·         The computer room should be arranged so that computer screens are facing inward so the teacher standing in the middle can glance around quickly and always see what the children are doing.

·         It’s also worth considering having an ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY(AUP) which is a document signed by pupils and parents detailing how the internet can and can’t be used.

Making the Use of Internet

·         Reading and following instructions and answering questions.

·         Accessing a site.

·         Looking for specific information connected to a topic.

·         Doing language activities.

·         Creating a school website.

·         Writing to keypals.

Computer management

The basic steps to follow to ensure responsible and effective computer room management:

·         Establish ground rules.

·         Make sure pupils know what will happen if they disobey.

·         Always visit a site before using it with your pupils.

·         Check.

·         Ensure that pupils understand the purpose of their work with computers.

·         Never allow a child to Access a link or download anything unless authorized and supervised by the teacher.

·         Always give children a task.

·         Restrict use to a limited time.

It’s a good idea for a school to record work done on coöputers in a record sheet so its use can be monitored.This also helps us to think about and plan our work with computers carefully using the three stage methodology to ensure that it’s fully integrated into our classroom-based work.

Technology and Professional Development

Don’t forget the role that technology can play in your own Professional development.

Technology can play an important role in contrubuting to children’s learning.It can offer children a rich and memorable learning environment with the possibilty of developing many linguistic skills as well as more global skills such as keyboard and other IT skills that will help them in their future studies.It does require,however,careful planning in order to integrate CALL into regular teaching as well as carefull management to ensure responsible use.

 

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