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After reading _ (http://www.ict4lt.org/en/warschauer.htm)

-CALL with Pedagogical study

When we think about CALL, software and hardware stuffs come first in mind but this study, Computer Assisted Language Learning by Mark Warschauer approaches on a pedagogical way. Understanding and considering some of pedagogical facts are essential to teachers to have some mental structure and belief in themselves.

-Behavioristic CALL at the nowadays class

The crucial part of learning languages is repetition. Through repetition, the new words we learn at classes turn into the real alive language but it can't happen within the classroom only because it consumes a lot of time so those simple grammar and words can be done by using some of CALL tools. It can possible support students at home and classroom both as a tutor.

-Communicative CALL at the nowadays class

In a normal English classroom in Korea, there are usually more than 25 students. This makes teachers very difficult to make students use the forms they have learned so why not we use the target language and create a classroom environment where allows students to use it naturally. Internet offers authentic and creative environment.

-and Internet

What can't be available at WWW? Once you are a CALL person who got comfortable and interested in, you are going to enjoy endless and accessible authentic material. If this happens, that means Learning English occurs anywhere and anytime. It must motivate students to use and learn possibly anything. Even playing the online game requires to read some of English introduction and description.

I know it must be frustrated to accept the fact that much of computer and internet stuffs have been dominating our life and even our classroom environment but it is true. However once you overcome this as a teacher and adopt it into your class, you are going to enjoy it for sure. 

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After reading _ (http://www.antimoon.com/learners/tomasz_szynalski.htm)

-Learning without going overseas or attending classes

Korean especially thinks that to learn English, we have to put much of money and go overseas or attend classes but unfortunately that seems to be too much. For more than 6 years of public education through a middle school to a high school, most of students don't get to speak English. Even worse, they become afraid of studying English and consider themselves as an unable English speaker no matter how much efforts they put into it.

-Learning with interests

-unlimited resources

But as Tomasz szynalski says in this article, learning English can be fun and enjoyable. There are indeed tons of unlimited resources learners can easily access on the internet, such as videos and articles on Youtube, Google and so on. Learning doesn't have to happen on a traditional way looking at the text book and drilling. When learners get interested in learning language, it gets totally different outcome than what we normally expect. On the internet, there are many people who we could only have met if we had travelled.

- Super-memo vs Quizlet

Sometimes those book contents are boring and unrealistic. It sounds too far from our life but teachers can make it fun even with the traditional classroom books. I have found Super-memo in his story and Quizlet similar. When leaning turns to a game, students usually get better results. Why learning has to be always serious and in class? Learning should be a long term journey in our life and especially Learning a language has no master moment so one of our responsibilities as teachers is to make sure students enjoy learning after classes and maybe in their entire life. I believe that letting students learn by using CALL tools and be close with internet stuffs would be a life-change experience.

Assignment4_Comix

Video- extention 

Comix

At the end of my class, to extend what my students have learned, I will show a  Youtube video which I found very interested in. A man in the video asks viewers some simple questions which can lead Ss to think about how they are going to enjoy their pancakes. This will reinforce and extend from the main class activities. Those questions which are from the video are on my Comix and I make Ss fill the blanks as their homework. Interesting, funny and enjoyable homework ever!!

Assignment3_Powtoon

This is the main part of this class which actually gets my students to learn how to read a recipe and learn some kitchen verbs and utensils. Powtoon has an interesting presentation outlet and is very convenient to upload and arrange some images than Power Point so in my opinion, Ts may love to use this program since it is very handy!! I will provide a pancake recipe worksheet along this presentation.

Assignment 2_Quizlet

http://quizlet.com/44223349/flashcards







My Quizlet is used after the contextualization and before getting into the main class material. This will help student build words power so that they might not feel afraid of seeing some words at the next presentation. Among those words I have put on, there should be some words which Ss have already learned at the previous class and some they are going to learn through this class. Using Quizlet can turn the vocabulary learning into a game, not like a boring paper test!!

Assignment 1 _ Padlet

Video - contextualization

Link to my padlet

http://ko.padlet.com/wall/gwgoyqj95fci

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I would like to use Padlet at the beginning of my class with a Youtube video which attracts and contextualizes my students. At first Ss watch an interesting video, How to make pancakes, which has no words at all. On this stage I want Ss to get excited and active the brain working. After watching the video, I will discuss some of their pre-expriences of making and having pancakes. I strongly believe that the first 5-10 minutes of the class is the most important time for my students in order to bring them into my class!!

Week 9-10 What tool I may apply in my class

Among those tools from Week 9-10, Mapsengine attracts me most. Asking and explaining how to get to the destination in English are crucial for students to use in their real life. But unfortunately in the text book, there are some examples of maps which students don't even know where those are and aren't comfortable with those names of the streets and certainly the maps would contextualize less than the one they know and are familiar with. So I would like to capture where they know to use it in my class or simply let paired students use Mapsengine with some directions in English, one explains how to get and another listens, looks for and pins the destination. I expect the motivation and contextualization of my students to bump up!