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TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING ENGLISH

COLLABORATIVE WORK 3 

welcome to our blog, this work has as objective to show how technology can be used effectively in language teaching and learning. And by the different activities you will find in it you'll also find a way to engage your students in a blended learning environment with activities you can do in class and the students can revise at home.  

ACTIVITY GUIDE 

USING WEB 2.0 TOOLS TO ENHANCE LANGUAGE LEARNING – PART 3

Purpose:

To identify the role of Web 2.0 tools in online teaching and learning and to
implement their use in English language teaching. After designing an activity or
resource to present a selected aspect of English language using a Web 2.0
tool, in this third collaborative work students will design a blog or web site in
order to provide a space for English language learning.


Learning Strategy:

Collaborative work. Each member of the group will take his/her individual
product from Collaborative work 2 and will integrate it with those of partners’
into a group blog or web page. In addition, the group will design at least one
practice activity to enrich the blog or web site.


Expected product:

A blog or web page per group to teach and practice English language. The blog
or web page should include all members’ Web 2.0 activities or resources
designed previously in Collaborative Work 2. In addition, the blog or web page
must include at least two practice activities built with educative software like
Hot Potatoes, JClic, Ardora, or Educaplay. The group leader will be in charge
to post the link of the blog or web page in the forum.


Web 2.0 activities designed previously in Collaborative Work 2

• Demonstratives in English

The following activity was designed in Prezi and it was intended to fulfill the required for a group in the below characteristics

Institution:	Instituto Agrícola La Holanda
Number of students	40
Average age	11 years
Grade:	6 th grade
English learning need	Demonstratives
Previous knowledge	Verb to be (simple present)
Web 2.0 tool	Prezi
Objective of the activity	Reinforce the knowledge and use of Demonstratives in English, already explain in the regular class.

Here is the link for the activity

http://prezi.com/x3fdi_sxhfnu

This game will help you to remember the more important terms

http://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/1111561/demostrative_pronouns.htm

• Telling the time 

The following activity was designed in Prezi and it was intended to fulfill the required for a group in the below characteristics

Institution                                                        Lingo Institute

Number of students                                       10

Average age                                                   18 years

Level                                                               Beginners

English learning need                                     Telling the time

Previous knowledge                                        Days and dates, the numbers

Web 2.0 tool                                                    Prezi

Objective of the activity                                 It is to teach how to express time in English accurately        

Here is the link for the activity

http://prezi.com/kiyumhxpgd7b/telling-the-time/

In this game you will find different words relate to the vocabulary necessary for telling the time.

http://en.educaplay.com/en/learningresources/1111572/telling_the_time.htm

• Learning English Pronuntiation

Provinma is a feminine school with more than 280 students. There are 160 girls in primary and 120 in high school. The high school area is organized from the sixth to the eleven grades, according with the Colombian education regulations. The school directors decided to offer high quality courses in English because they got a compromise with the MEN (Ministry of National Education) special bilingual national program.  The age of the students vary from 6 to 12 years in primary and 12 to 18 years in high school.

Girls in the high school grades know already a wide number of English grammar rules and English words; substantives, adverbs, adjectives, and verbs. Students are able to construct simple sentences although the pronunciation is a real problem. In order to improve the student’s pronunciation and thus their comprehension of the language several activities have been designed. The objective of these activities is to improve the pronunciation skills. I’ll present a power point presentation with several exercises that are prepared to overcome these deficiencies. 

http://prezi.com/8mvjs-go-wku/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

Here is a reading comprehension activity

http://en.educaplay.com/en/learningresources/1120784/wrong_interpretation_.htm


Comments to the present work

Comment 1.

Web 2.0 tools can work together expanding the power of the presentations. A large number of tools help learners work on their writing/ publishing collaboratively, often working together in just one presentation. Language learners use ICT to help themselves to publish their work in the following ways:

-  Word processor and Desktop Publishing (DTP) software;

- Audio recording and editing tools to record interviews, discussions, etc;

- Digital cameras and camcorders to record presentations, interviews, role plays;

- PowerPoint as an aid to public presentations;

- web pages using Web authoring tools, e.g. Front Page, Prezi, Dreamweaver.

The following link gives an example of this situation:

http://prezi.com/8mvjs-go-wku/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

Comment 2.

The new role of the teacher has changed radically thanks to the increasing sophistication and complexity of the media now available and which learners can use independently to achieve their own individual learning aims.  She/he has become a facilitator of learning rather than the font of wisdom. The teacher’s mastery of the new skills and literacies in a new pedagogical framework is the key to the successful deployment of the new media in language learning and teaching. 

Comment 3.

The use of technology in second language is a real necessity nowadays. We have different methods for using technology in improving the four language skills. Students of English as a second language accept and use the different tools that are part of the new technology to enhance their comprehension. Reading comprehension is an essential part of the academic success. Whether the student is beginning to read or is an advance reader, there are printable reading comprehension exercises that can supplement what he is doing in class.

Group members who participated in the activity. 

Julian Antonio Naranjo Arcila

Javier Silva Torres

Fernando Beltran 

Rodrigo Jara

HELLO TUTOR AND MATES!

IN THIS OPPORTUNITY  I WANT TO PRESENT YOU THIS VIRTUAL SPACE CALLED BLOG.  

This is a virtual place very easy to design and easy publication.  This virtual tool is also a learning tool if you want.  The blog can store much information and it can be updated everyday. 

Good. let´s learn a little!

TRUE COGNATES AND FALSE COGNATES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Definition: In a technical sense, two words that have a common origin are cognates. Most often, cognates are words in two languages that have a common etymology and thus are similar or identical. For example, the English "kiosk" and the Spanish quiosco are cognates because they both come from the Turkish kosk.

True cognates examples:

Air - Aire

dictionary - diccionario
indelible - indeleble
invincible - invencible
inflammable - inflamable
imperceptible - imperceptible
incorrigible - incorregible
philanthropist - filántropo
perfect - perfecto

False cognates examples:

actual: real, efectivo (y no actual, que se dice current)
actually: en realidad (y no actualmente, que se dice nowadays, at present)
to advertise: anunciar (y no advertir, que se dice to warn)
advice: consejos (y no aviso, que se dice warning, notice)
to apologise: pedir disculpas (y no apología, que se dice defence)
apt: propenso (y no apto, que se dice qualified, able)
argument: discusión, pelea (y no argumento de un libro/una película, que se dice plot)
arm: brazo (y no arma, que se dice gun)
balloon: globo (y no balón, que se dice ball)
brave: valiente (y no bravo, que se dice fierce)
carpet: alfombra (y no carpeta, que se dice folder)
cartoon: dibujos animados, tira cómica (y no cartón, que se dice cardboard)
casualty: víctima o herido (y no casualidad, que se dice coincidence)
collar: cuello de las prendas de vestir (y no collar, que se dice necklace)
command: orden, mandato (y no comando, que se dice commando unit)
to complain: quejarse (y no complacer, que se dice to please)

OK.  I hope that this tip can help you in 

some confusions.  Bye, Bye 

Take from  about.com/spanishlanguage   and  www.mediateca.8m.com

People Participating in the Activity are:

• Julián Antonio Naranjo Arcila

• Carlos Arturo Salcedo

• Julián Andrés Parra

Links to my classmates' contributions. 

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In this blog you will find each one of my academic group profiles, We are Colombian People, our profile is very interesting.

Mauricio Cadavid Profile

My name is Mauricio Cadavid. I am 38 years old, I am from Cartago in the department of Valle del Cauca, I am married and I live with my wife. I have 2 sisters and 3 brothers. 

I am environmental engineer and I have an specialization in environmental sciences, I have been working with different municipalities in the northern region of Valle del Cauca as environmental consultant. 

I lived in the USA for 4 years and when I came back to Colombia I became an English teacher, I started working at the Colombo Americano Pereira, I worked there for 10 years as a teacher and also as Academic coordinator. 

In this moment I am working as teacher at La Corporacion de Estudios Tecnologicos del Norte del Valle a higher Education institution located in Cartago, I teach here and I also work in the international relation office.

Deyser Gutierrez Profile

My name is Deyser Gutierrez A., I am 30 years old, I am a Psychologist, and I am specialized in Strategic management, I am divorced, I live in my own flat, In Medellín City, I have 2 brothers and 5 sisters; My father died when I was a little child. 

I am a Virtual English Tutor at UNAD University, since 1999, I work as a Psychologist in a Humanitarian Corporation, This organization helps economical poor people, we used to say this People is “the social violence children”, it´s a terrific job in a cruel area looking for a light in the middle of a huge sadness. 

I enjoy teaching English in this university, I adore what I do, working on education and helping others with my job as a psychologist. I like to visit new places like Yellowknife in Canada, El Calafate in Patagonia, Uluru in Central Australia, Red Sea in Israel, these touristic or academic visits for me are important, because I can learn about new cultures, flavors, odors and sensations unique, every year I travel because of my learning. 

In my spare time I usually study another career, actually I have 5 of them, and I enjoy studying. I think, one of the most important things to live in peace is learn to read text and context included gestures, expressions, veiled sense because of the precision and clear sense of everything when you are interrelated with other people. In this moment I am studying at the UNAD the English program "Licensure in English as a foreign language" to improve my personal knowledge and teaching strategies. 

Claudia Esperanza Profile

Hello everybody, my name is Claudia Esperanza Gómez Gómez, I’m 34 years old, I’m teacher since 1995 because I studied in a Normal School and then I studied Technique of Preschool. I live in Bogotá, I am married since 2004, and my husband works in a store of sweaters. In this moment I work in ITTalent, I’m Academic Coordinator. I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers, my father and my mother lives in Zipaquirá. I love my family because they are the greatest that God give me. 

I like to read in my free times, but in this moment I have few free times for the University, It’s very hard. I love the plants, in my apartment I have a balcony, and in it I have some plants, it’s beautiful. 

I teach in CSAT a girls group that study preschool, On Saturday in the Afternoon, It’s very nice because I love to teach. I enjoy when I can share my knowledge with other people, I like help when the people need it.

Julian Naranjo Profile

My name is Julian Antonio Naranjo Arcila. I am 29 years old; I live in Yarumal city, Antioquia. I’m in first semester of Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

I am a philosopher; I have been working as a teacher since my graduation date on April 26th 2008. It is a great pleasure to me sharing this course with you; my goal is to be a professional able to accomplish in my life new ways of getting knowledge and understanding of the things I haven’t discovered yet. 

For my professional life I hope to become a Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and exercise my teaching with more resources than I have at my disposal now. 

I've been scout for over 10 years; I have a special love for nature and for trying to leave this world in a better condition than I found it. I believe such love is directly related to my favorite activity which is going camping in the forest. I don’t have a lot time to watch TV, but I like to watch sports, especially soccer. 

At the moment I have a Scout group in my home town and in this group there are about 70 scouts with whom I share a special feeling for nature, love. This feeling gives me strength and encourages me to continue teaching to children how to be good citizens and good people, while they protect nature and help others to achieve their goals in life. 

Paraphrasing Badem Powell, I work every day to try to put happiness into the lives of others. And perhaps one day I will be able to say: my mission is done, because just as the founder of the Scouts Movement I want to leave this world a little better than I found it[1]. 

[1] Baden-Powell's Last Message (1945) 

Carmen Esperanza Profile

My name is Carmen Esperanza Castañeda, I am 58 years old. It is quite a reason of pride to tell my age, as I feel God has been so good to me and has given me the opportunity to enjoy different circumstances. So age is experience, is wisdom, and is happiness. 

I am an ordained pastor, one of the few ordained women in my denomination, that means I am a reverend, but not many call me like that jus by my name. I have five children and four grandchildren. I love pets, as I live in the countryside I am able to have more than one dog and more than one cat. It is a real gift for me to get up in the morning and look at the blue sky, or to feel the cold weather of rainy days. The most I like is to have breakfast listening the singing of birds and other noises proper of nature. 

My commitment to service, as I do not see my duties as my profession, includes working with women, helping them in different situations, counseling, visiting, praying, accompanying them in their circumstances, and sharing their sorrows is part of my life. Also my concern about children has lead me to focus my work in training in their spare time teaching values that unfortunately their families are not interested in give them. 

Music of the world is one of my hobbies, I like hearing classic music, African, Portuguese fado, Brazilian samba, I love them. Also reading is something that has attracted my attention since I was a child. I think most of my reading took in my early years. Normally there are two or three books on my night table and I try to read at least a chapter every night. 

Travel is also of my interest, even I am afraid of the highs I manage to travel when it is possible. I want to go Paris, Portugal and Italy.