Week 3

Week 3

WHAT I READ

- One of the articles I read was Technology Tip of the Month at

http://pages.uoregon.edu/dhealey/techtips/sept2009.html

I learnt how to get started with Delicious and preserve the information I find online.

- I read some articles about CALL for listening, speaking, or pronunciation skills, and studied some lesson plans. One of them “Teaching Pronunciation to Adult English Language Learners” by Kirsten Schaetzel, Georgetown Law Center, Washington, DC seemed particularly useful for me   http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/resources/pronunciation.html

WHAT I DID

- I  created my own Delicious page at  https://delicious.com/elenagalich

 and added the following links to be used in my classroom teaching:

1. BBC learning English (an archive)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/archive_ent.shtml

2. Blendspace

https://www.blendspace.com/lessons

with my lesson on Corporate Culture

3. Lingq.com

http://www.lingq.com/learn/en/welcome/

with nice material on Countries and Cultures

Week 2

Week 2

WHAT I READ

- I read about the ABCD model. The article "How to Write Clear Objectives" from Pennsylvania State University's Teaching and Learning office was worthwhile reading as it provided a basic overview of the ABCD model. If you are interested in writing clear course objectives and you would like to review some examples of well-written objectives, enjoy reading 

http://archive.tlt.psu.edu/learningdesign/objectives/writing.html

WHAT I DID

-          I tried a new web searching tool browsing Noodletools at

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

-        I shared with my colleagues a behavioral objective for my class they teach using the ABCD model.

-        I posted a description of one of the classes I teach.

WHAT I SHOULDN’T FORGET ABOUT and come back again to use it in my classes and research:

- a list of free online articles for teachers of English  as a second language at http://iteslj.org/

- learn English using thousands of the most engaging videos on the web presented at http://www.englishcentral.com/videos

Starting a new 10 week course – UO AEI Webskills Winter 2015

I’ve decided to start the first reflective blog in my life. I hope the course I’ve just joined in will help me to build webskills in English language teaching. Let’s see what will come out of it.