Teaching and Learning possibilities: Hot potatoes set that constitutes a tool that allows teachers to create their own material for subject content instruction. HOT POTATOES: H.P is a programs which gives production of interactive web-based teaching exercises that can be delivered to any computer. They are consists of six individual programs: JCloze, JQuiz, JCross, JMatch, JMix, and The Mashe . It also useful for tests. Teachers can develop interactive multiple choice and fill-in-the-gap exercises as well as crosswords, questions where short answers are required or where ordering and rearranging words is necessary to make up sentences. For this program students are allowed to work with the exercises on line, in groups or by themselves in such a way that they get engaged in a new, interesting and funny learning experience. H.P. programs have outstanding characteristics, namely they allow the up-loading of pictures, audio and video. Students can practic...
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01.07.2020 Impact of COVID-19 Our fourth and fifth weeks classes were cancelled due to breaking out of COVID-19. Through the whole world, the epidemic situation is continuing due to the impact of COVID-19. According to WHO, COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered strain of coronavirus, a type of virus known to cause respiratory infections in humans. This new strain was unknown before December 2019, when an outbreak of pneumonia of unidentified cause emerged in Wuhan, China. Due to COVID-19 effects, there have been around 50,000 people died, while approximately 1150,000 have been confirmed as positive cases. The most affected countries are USA, Italy, Spain, China, the UK, Germany, France, Iran, Switzerland...
Remote learning, distance education and online learning during the COVID19 pandemic: A Resource List by the World Bank’s EdTech Team The article : Organized by the World Bank’s EdTech Team (Last update: April 10th, 2020) Website : www.worldbank.org/en/topic/edutech/brief/edtech-covid-19 Introduction The variety of resources and platforms that could help to facilitate technological solutions to support remote learning. this selection has been motivated by prioritizing resources and solutions that are free, offline friendly or are available in more than one language (especially beyond, English), and can be integrated to support remote learning for different contexts, levels of connectivity, levels of education or subject. A selection of online libraries and compilation of educational resources, reading materials, lesson plans. And some initiatives to deliver content and textbooks to the student (and parents). The resources can be used in environments with limite...
ICT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING The perception of using ICT in the classroom to teach the students is to integrate into the various tools of technologies as the pedagogical introduction in everyday education to facilitate students and teacher in the teaching and learning process . Also, ICT has the potential power to provide enable change in educational tools reform. However, looking to the Malaysian guided scenarios by the Malaysia Education Blueprint, using of ICT in the classroom to teach students is not a fixed concept if it perceived as a scale, the teachers are the lower end simply because using information technologies, like email or any platform for student reflections or feedback and parental participation , or another program for presentation tools: such as PowerPoint; to facilitate the creation of student knowledge, a laptop, a tablet; for use during classrooms sessions, and in some cases at home. Benefits of using ICT in classrooms i....
PPT SLIDES: 21 st Century Skills and the English Language Classroom In this class we have learnt about 21 st century skills and the English language classroom. It relates to the significance of ICT for 21 st century education and the way of implementing ICT in education. Malaysian Education Blueprint is based on eleven shifts where the usage of ICT is stated in the seventh shift. The seventh shift is considered as the crucial element in education which can play a vital role to enhance creativity, innovation, critical thinking and problem-solving skill among students in 21 st century education. The 21 st century skills which involves four pivotal elements: communication, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration. Besides that, we learn in the class about 21 st century literacy that consists of five momentous elements including strong academic skills which involves the 3Rs ( Reading, Writing, Arithmetic) and 4Cs (communication, critical thinking, creativity, collabo...
The use of Technology in English Language Learning: A Literature Review The article entitled “The use of Technology in English Language Learning: A Literature Review” implies that there is an extensive benefit on the use of technology in learning English as well as improving learner’s English skill. The use of technology could assist language learning in meeting the need of the different intelligence. Technology is an effective tool to help and improve language learning. When teachers utilize technology to adopt classroom activities, it enables them to amplify the language learning process. In this article, the researcher highlights the significance of using new technologies in learning process. In this article, the researcher highlights the significance of using new technologies in learning English as a second or foreign language. It focuses on various attitudes to enhance learning skills among English language learners through using technologies. Learners can be benefited in...
One of the materials shared in the class an article written by; Mei Lick Cheok et al (20170) Institute of Teacher Education, Malay Women Campus, Melaka, Malaysia Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia Corresponding Author: janecheok88@gmail.com Published in (Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology) Year 2017 (Volume 5 - Issue 2) Topic of the article: Teachers’ Perceptions of E-Learning in Malaysian Secondary Schools The authors emphasis on the constantly challenged faced by Malaysian teachers with some new technologies which they believed can enable them to perform their job better. Mei Lick Cheok et al (2017) However, believed that in 2013, some teachers have been given access to an online learning space known as the FROG VLE. thus, the initial evidence has shown poor adoption of the e-learning. The teachers retreating into their old manner of teaching and learning can no longer be accepted, while some schools are ...