Using a blog for learning and teaching language becomes more and more popular among the ESL students and teachers. Thus, it is required for them to make clear understading of how they are using the blog and what they could do in this digital world. Here are tips for those of you who want to take advantages of this blog.
COMMUNICATION
Since communication is one of the aims why are learning a language, it is important to use this space as a tool for sharing thoughts and experessing feelings about any aspects of learning language.
- Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions
- Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics
- Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
CULTURES
Beyond the language learning, having communication with people from various countries here would help you to get a better understanding of cultures and have more insights to the cultural differences and similarities. Learn more about cultures!
- Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between language and culture
- Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products/practices and perspectives of the culture studied
STRATEGIES
Utilizing a blog in learning will allow students to gain technical knowedge as well as knowlege in the language. Also, this is a great chance for students to find their own methods and materials that would be effective for them the msot. For example, they could do any acitivities such as reading, writing, listening, viewing, and even replying on the bolg, and this would enable them to learn deep into a use of technology and to find their intersts on a particular learning method.
- Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, and video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
- Students find the best way for language lenaring while they approach different types and methods of participation (e.g., writing journals, posting comments, and watching video) at the blog.
References
ACTFL National Standards for Foreing Language Education
www.actfl.org/...FLNCATEStandardsRevised713.pdf
Teaching Writing Using Blogs, Wikis.../ Standards related to digital writing
digitalwriting.pbwiki.com/rds+related+to+digital+writing
3 comments:
Jen, I love that you alternated colors in this post. I think the first thing people think when they see a block of text is, does this look like it's worth reading. Adding the colors makes it more inviting, and I think more likely to be read by others. You also made a great point about using a blog to teach culture by having your students speak with native speakers. It's accomplishing two things at once, practicing the language and learning about the people who speak it.
I like your style in your post. colors are very match to the blog.
Good job!
The idea of blogging with native speakers can be very motivational for students. However, like all learning activities, such interchanges must be well planned in order to be really effective.
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