martes, 19 de abril de 2022

Last Course Reflection

     What is the most salient area that can have an important and impactful touch in your teaching and planning? During this process of learning, the distinct courses related to teaching have provided students with experiences that enable them to put their knowledge of English language teaching methods and tactics to the best possible use. The modern era has swiftly become a part of our lives, transforming our daily routines in good ways. In this case, English teaching and learning have played a role in the transformation. For that reason, the area of creating digital material have helped to increase student learning by seeking educational innovation.

There are a lot of studies about the advantages in the management of technology for pedagogical purposes. Because of that, my vision regarding the use of technology in English classes has changed through these last years. Creating innovate materials with the use Blogger has showed that learning English could be distinct, flashy, and productive for the learners.  Implementing technology for teaching English as a foreign language provides students the ease of developing their linguistics skills by using various technological tools outside and inside the classroom.

What is the most rewarding, eye-opening mini project developed along the course? I would say that it is the mini project where I recorded a video showing vocabulary and created a practice about the video. There are some reasons why I think in this way. The first reason, students need that the teacher calls their attention with innovative materials because it is bored to learn English with traditional methods. The other reason, it is necessary to learn about the creation of this kind of material because it is more helpful for the students to learn vocabulary.

                In the future as a graduate student and teaching professional, I will always try to do my best for the benefit of my future dear students. I want that my students won´t be afraid of me because it is true that it affects a lot the improvement of their communicative skills. I am going to do a safe environment where students won´t be afraid of making mistakes. I will use a variety of platforms in my classes because they encourage students to learn English effortless. I will listen to my students.

         In my opinion, this course really helped a lot to improve the teaching-learning process through understanding and usage of software tools or computer packages in education, particularly in the field of teaching English. This was really beneficial to my active engagement, problem-solving, creativity, and process analysis. Blogger is the most precious piece of knowledge because this platform is versatile to create different activities.

Speaking Practice- Unit 8- Nature

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martes, 15 de marzo de 2022

WebQuest



Introduction

    The course, Sintax III, has provided the students with the theory and techniques for writing, which serve as the basis for producing their own writings on various topics. This course also reviews the techniques and principles of paragraph composition developed in previous courses and prepares the student for more advanced assignments in future courses. The student must also integrate grammatical structures and appropriate lexicon into their writing. The idea behind this is to put in practice the theory and techniques to write correctly. In order to start using their blogs you have already created for this course.

Task

    This pre-blogging activity will help you put in practice the theory and techniques of grammar and know about how to write a fable. You will have a week to write the fable in Blogger and prepare to present the fable.


Process

    To begin preparing for your blogging, which will be your Quiz #3, you must work independently. These are steps that you have to follow in order to write the fable.

1. Click on the following links that provide you information about how to write a fable. They are in the part of RESOURCES.

2.Write a draft of your fable.

3. Meet with one of your classmates so that he or she only check the grammar mistakes.

4.Edit your draft.

5.Publish the Fable in Blogger with the name of your fable and Quiz #3.

6.Prepare a little presentation about your fable.

Resources

You are free to use the offered Web links or to do your own research.



Evaluation

To grade your Quiz #3, I'll use the rubric below, which you can get by clicking on the link.


Conclusion

    The goal of the creation of this type of writing in a blog is to allow you to transcend beyond the book. You may learn about different writing styles and improve your grammar skills by participating in this online activity.










martes, 1 de marzo de 2022

Free time- Quiz

The Importance of Technology in Language Teaching

 

  The Importance of Technology in Language Teaching

                      by Valery Navarro

    For several years ago, the technological era has quickly become part of our life changing our daily activities in a positive way. In this case, teaching language has been part of the change.  For that reason, it is necessary to implement technology in Language Teaching. Technology has afforded students the facility of developing communication skills by using distinct technological tools. The technology provides teachers hundreds of tools to prepare dynamic and distinct activities to encourage the students. It is recommendable that teachers take into consideration the modification of the traditional teaching methods in order to obtain better outcomes. Those methods do not encourage students to improve their linguistics skills. The results about the use of Blogger were assertive to demonstrate that is an innovative teaching method because students can collaborate each other and practice communicative skills. Teaching language with technology has impacted the education positively.


martes, 15 de febrero de 2022

Blog Entry #2/ Part #2 / Listening Practice

Watch the following video and respond the listening quiz

             "My Last Holiday"



Blog Entry #1/ Part #1/ Listening Practice

Watch the following video

              "My Last Holiday"

Self-Assessment Quiz

Are the statements below true or false according to the video?

1. She went to Britian on holiday last year

TRUE
FALSE

2. She went with her friends.

TRUE
FALSE

3. She stayed in a guest house.

TRUE
FALSE
 
4. She bought her food in the market.


TRUE
FALSE

5. Her favorite part of the holiday was to take boat trips.


TRUE
FALSE









Answers 
1. F
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. T

Comment your answers below

1. Where did you go on holiday last year?
2. Where would you like to go on holiday the next year?
3. Who would you go with?

martes, 8 de febrero de 2022

My Reflection about Using Blogger as a Teaching Tool

My Reflection about Using Blogger as a Teaching Tool

by Valery Navarro Ortiz


    Some years ago, I had used this digital platform to perform a simple task in class, but I have never imagined that Blogger can be used for many teaching purposes. Learning how to use Blogger in the last classes, I could have noticed that this tool can change the traditional English classes, and become the classes more interesting, interactive, and different.


How could English teachers use Blogger to enhance students´ linguistic skills? 

    The use of blogs in the classroom is an amazing tool that teachers must implement in order to change conventional classes into innovative classes. Students can express their ideas and improve their writing and reading skills by collaborating among them at the same time. For example:

-Students may become the blog as a diary entries. Teachers must ask students to write informally a summary of the main points about a specific topic.

-Students could develop their critical thinking by posting comments on the blogs of the other classmates. In this way, teachers can see their improvement in reading and writing skills.

-Students can use the blog as a digital portfolio where they must their pieces of writing in order to get feedback from their classmates with the objective of encouraging collaboration among them.

    As a result, blogs should be implemented in the classroom with the purpose of improving students`writing and reading skills.



martes, 25 de enero de 2022

A Personal Reflection on Using Microsoft Word in English Class


A Personal Reflection on Using Microsoft Word in English Class
by Valery Navarro

                             Picture taken from https://uxwing.com/microsoft-word-icon/

    In this blog, I am going to tell you a little bit about how my experience was when I used dictation option for the first time. If you do not know what is that, dictation option is a tool of Microsoft Word Document that people can use to record their voice and see the words that they are saying in the word document page. Therefore, people can notice if they are pronouncing correctly. Moreover, I am going to show you some reasons to use Dictation option in English classes.

    Have you ever imagined or thought about using Microsoft Word in English class as a tool to practice pronunciation? In my experience, it was amazing to know about it and learn how to use it because it has been always difficult to me practicing pronunciation. Many times, I am talking to someone in English, and I am not able to notice my mispronunciation. Now, I know what I can use to improve my pronunciation. The dictation option was very easy to be managed, there is any complication in its use.

    What are the reasons to use Dictation option of Microsoft Word Document in English classes? 
1. English learners can use it easily because its management is not complicated.
2. English learners can practice alone because many times the teacher cannot be everywhere at the same time to correct them.
3. English learners can practice some specific words that the teacher assign them in the class.

Last Course Reflection

       What is the most salient area that can have an important and impactful touch in your teaching and planning? During this process of le...