Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Week 13: Advantages and Disadvantages of CALL in Language Learning

Advantages and Disadvantages of CALL in Language Learning Computer assisted language learning (CALL) is a good tool which can be use to support the learning language process, especially English language teaching. CALL is a powerful medium for teaching and learning. The beginning of CALL started in the 1950S, which is called Behavioristic CALL. Then become Communicative CALL in...

Week 12 : 3 Phrases of CALL

3 Phrases of CALL ✋Behavioristic CALL     The first phase of CALL, conceived in the 1950s and implemented in the 1960s and '70s, was based on the then-dominant behaviorist theories of learning. Programs of this phase entailed repetitive language drills and can be referred to as "drill and practice" (or, more pejoratively, as "drill and kill").      Drill and practice...

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Week 11 : The Development of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)

The Development of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)                             As for the development of CALL, Warschauer & Healey (1998) suggest that CALL can be generally categorized based on three teaching methodologies dominant in ELT: behavioristic CALL, communicative CALL, and integrative...

Week 10 : Components of CAI

          Today I learned about Components of CAI include: message, the sound, slide, animation and interaction. In addition, there are 8 Components that need to have it inside containing  1.       Title is the first part of the lesson. It stimulates the attention of the learner. 2.      ...

Week 9: Corpus-based Activities and Ideas for Material Design written by Neveen Al Saeed & Salma Waly

Corpus-based Activities and Ideas for Material Design written by Neveen Al Saeed & Salma Waly Elementary student : Collocations: make/do - Verb pairing game    The teacher highlights some collocations to the students then students divided into two groups. Group 1 will have corpus-derived sentences without the verb make anddo. Group 2 will have the...

Week 8 :Digital Writing: Enhancing Ways of Teaching and Learning Writing

Digital Writing: Enhancing Ways of Teaching and Learning Writing Problems in Writing Class: Struggling Writers This group of struggling writers is often less motivated to write and fails to organize their ideas. These learners usually have poor handwriting. Digital Writing Digital Writing is becoming a standard way of life for young learners within Generation M. Digital writing as the medium to...

Week 7 : Corpus for classroom: Ideas for Material Design

Corpus for classroom: Ideas for Material Design  ✌ Neveen Al Saeed & Salma Waly        In this paper, two researchers aim at highlighting several ways through which corpora can be integrated in language classrooms to teach students of various levels. Corpus-based Activities and Ideas for Material Design. 💁 Elementary student: Collocations: make/do 👉...