As far as this weeks’ conferencing posts on CALL and Oral/aural skills are concerned, I mentioned that my students (9th Year) had watched a video about ‘Shakespeare pronunciation’. I wanted them to notice the different between the original pronunciation (OP) and the way we pronounce the word “proved” today. If we say “proved” in the original pronunciation it rhymes with “loved”. The rhyme doesn’t work with today’s pronunciation of the word “proved” (Shakespeare: Original pronunciation:
When I searched the websites suggested for week 3, I liked the activities in BBC Learning English: Pronunciation Tips:
The students can study the sounds, symbols and features of the English language by doing many activities such as quizzes, listening to radio programs and watching videos. The activities are very interactive, some materials are downloadable and audio scripts are also available. Some of the activities can be done by beginners with the teacher’s supervision as far as the instructions are concerned. They can also do them on their own in order to develop autonomy.
As far as the Speaking lesson plans at One Stop English are concerned, I liked
“At the Improv. SIX drama speaking activities for the EFL/ESL Classroom” by Lindsay Clandfield (2003):
“At the Improv. SIX drama speaking activities for the EFL/ESL Classroom” by Lindsay Clandfield (2003):
This type of activities can create the right learning environment in order to motivate students to speak and I think that being motivated to speak implies being motivated to listen, listen attentively.
Larry Ferlazzo’s list of websites gives us “The Best Sites to Practice Speaking English”. The amount of materials available is overwhelming. Therefore I have to carry on searching in order to explore the different possibilities in each one of them:
how can I use them in my Final Project? how can I use them to improve my lessons plans and classroom dynamics? am I comfortable with the resources? am I skilled to use them in the classroom? will I be able to design Plan B or C, if Plan A doesn’t work? which lesson plan meets the overall goal I want for my classes?
These are questions I will answer as I continue the search and research and write down what is best for me and for my students.
I have never heard of Delicious. I created my page (http://www.delicious.com/fa_costa_silva) and I will try to create "My stacks". I think it is a useful tool. So, whenever we want to find information, we will find our links very easily.
I liked reading and analyzing sample final projects. It gives us an idea of what we still have to do and it also shows the amount of work the other participants managed to do in order to improve their teaching by using technology in the classroom.
Well, the search continues…
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