Friday, October 8, 2010

Volume 48 Number 2 2010

Volume 48   Number 2           2010

 

 

My  great aim in reading  English

Teaching Forum's new issue has come with the new sport BASEBALL. BASABALL     and    APPLE PIE are similar for the Americans.

 

Invented in 1839, in Cooperstown, NewYork.

 

Baseball was available in 1791 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. There are  200,000 teams in  all 50 states and more than 80 nations. Nearly half million students play on 15,000 high school teams.

www.litleleague.org

www.mlb.com

www.baseballhall.org

 

Most impressive chapter is ""From Pasive Learners to Critical Thinkers: Preparing EFL students for University success".

www.bracuniversity.ac.bd/about

 

----à Planning for curricular change

----à The need assessment

---à Creating an interactive classroom     environment

---à Strategies fro integrating the four skills

 

1. Coordinate the curriculum for all class

2. Provide oral and written feedback on writing

3. Maintain guide journals

4. Institute peer review activities

 

 

¥        Integrating critical thinking in the classroom

¥        The enhancement class: introducing next experiences and ideas

¥        Teaching Grammar in context

¥        Alternative methods of assessment

¥        Course curriculum evaluation

 

¢¤ Result of new curriculum : Student Perspective

¢¤ Result of new curriculum:     Teacher Perspective

 

 

Always not possible to provide and check the written homework. This is why  ORAL HOMEWORK is more applicable  for sometimes. I think sometimes on the monthly exam time to apply oral test, because of there are more 45 students in class eight and I have to involve  more five classes everyday.

 

 

My attraction is moving towards " How to set up oral  Homework: A case of limited  Technology"  this time. I needed to remember the following points view.

 

 

©Why oral homework?

© Required technology for oral homework

© How do I set up oral homework?

Step 1 —¶¶ Make sure learners have access to recording devices

Step 2—¶¶  Set up or agree on a format

www.apple.com/quicktime

 

www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/gmm/fwaudiocodec.html

www.brothesoft.com/amr-ro-mp3-converter-209199.html

http://nokia-multimedia-converer.en-softonic.com/symbian

 

Step 3—¶¶ Supervise students the first time they record

Step 4—¶¶  Set up guide lines for handing homework

 

http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive

http://groups.yahoo.com

http:/groups.live.com

http://groups.google.com

 

Step 5—¶¶ Allow students enough time to hand in their work

Step 6—¶¶ Space out the frequency of recordings

 

* What can I set up as oral homework?

*Additional options for oral homework

 

# Individual work vs. pair or group work

# An existing script vs. an original script

# Teacher decides what to record vs. students decide what to record

# Collecting recording and giving feedback

http://llt.msu.edu/vol10num1/emerging/default.html

 
 
 

Twenty practical ideas for using mobile phone in the language classroom :--à

 

 

 

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 1:

Use the notes feature to collect everyday language

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 2:

Use the camera feature to take picture picture of text

 

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 3:

Use free programmes to organize language samples

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 4:

 

Use the voice memo recorder feature to record language from media outlets

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 5:

Use the voice memo recorder feature to record conversations outside the classroom

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 6:

 Use the next messaging feature to reinforce vocabulary learning

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 7:

Use free programmes to make flash cards fro mobile phone

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 8:

Use the text messaging feature for circular writing

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 9:

Use the next messaging feature fro tandem learning

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 10:

Use the mobile phone  to keep a blog

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 11:

Use the mobile phone for micro blogging  on Twiter

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 12:

Use the mobile phone for social networking

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 13:

Use the  mobile phone for a language exchange

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 14:

Use the mobile phone for  "phlogging"

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 15:

Use mobile phone memory to distribute  listening material

ww.apple.com/education/itunes-u

http://librivox.org

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 16:

Use mobile phone memory to distribute  reading materials

www.gutenberg.org

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 17:

 Use the mobile phone to play games

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 18:

Use the voice memo recorder, notes, and calendar features to keep a portfolio

 

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 19:

Use the mobile phone to check students comprehension and get feedback

www.polleverywhere.com

‡¶¶‡†o§---------—> Idea 20:

Use mobile phone memory for research and data collection

Http://mobileactive.org

 

Potential Problems and Solutions when using mobile phones in the classroom.

——o> Lack of access to mobile phones

——o> Cost of mobile phones and wireless services

www.textmefree.com

 

——o> Noise and disruption in class

——o> Privacy considerations

——o> Increased teacher work load

www.innovationinteaching.org

 

 

 

 

 

THE TRANS — CULTURAL  COMPARATIVE LITERATURE METHOD:

Using Grammar Translation Techniques Effectively

————o  The Grammar Translation Method

————o  Communicative language Teaching

————o  Resistance to communicative     language Teaching

————o  Teaching literature in second language classroom

————o  Guidelines for the Trans——cultural comparative Literature Method

————o  Using the Trans——Cultural Comparative Literature Method with Poetry

————o  Using the Trans———Cultural comparative Literature Method with a short story

————o  Additional activities

                    

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