Week 3 Reflection

Week 3 Reflection

Here we are with the 3^rd week already done!

Like the previous 2 weeks, there was something to be reflecting on. I read some articles and one of them is Teaching Pronunciation to Adult English Language Teachers by Kirsten Schaetzel & Ee Ling Low . In this article there are some factors could affect our students from gaining a native-like pronunciation. However, a teacher could students by giving them activities and exercises could them a lot. One of the most website which I would direct my students to is Elllo. This website can be both used by students to practice by themselves or by teachers to prepare their lessons. This website consists of authentic listening activities for 7 different levels: starting from low-beginners to advanced. Each listen includes videos and audio files along with their scripts, target vocabulary (with a spoken text in which the target word is used) and some questions (spoken also). This website can enhance both speaking  and listening skills(pronunciation aspects: intonation,  word stress, connected speech…etc. ). Another authentic listening website is NPR.org (National Public Radio). A teacher can make use of is by providing students with listening activities like news, music and arts. It can be used by students as well to develop their listening skills at home.

For our fortune, above websites and more others (which we think are crucial) can be bookmarked and have access to easily from any computer. This could be through Delicious page we created this week. I can also look at my colleagues' favorite websites and add them to my Delicious page. 

By giving us past sample projects, now I have a clear picture of the process we are supposed to work through to finish ours. I analyzed Final Project Report for Teens done by Camelia Pagila, School with Classes I-VIII, Academician Marin Voiculescu, Giurgiu, Romania. I did choose her project report to analyze because it is for school students (especially teens) which is similar to my context ( I teach teenagers too). Her project was focusing on incorporating technology for all learning style where all students can learn through his way of learning. She used several websites and technological tools to help gain her course goal.  The project was organized very well to gradually lead students to do their tasks smoothly both in-class and off-class time! I noticed also that the teacher planny is detailed in a way could help readers follow its tasks and activities of each unit easily. A fruitful project should be done by me and my colleagues by the end of this course. I hope we could plan ones which are helpful for our students to be learnt in an interesting technological frame!  

Best of luck for all,

Iman, Oman