Session 10 (Teaching Speaking : Video Conference)
In this session we are make a video call conference use Imo apps. So far this is the only one apps which fast to connect than the other apps.
Now we can do video call easily, if you are on overseas it doesn't means you can see your family or friends, we have technology guys!
To make it beneficially, it's nice to make opinion video conference about anything we want.
This is my group video conference :
Teaching Speaking
The goal of language is communication. So what wever language we learn, wherever we learn, and we never we learn, the goal of language learning is always aimed at using it for communication. Although we may use it only for the receptive puposes such as listening and reading but it is also part of communication.
For the productive skills like speaking and writing, the communication function is even mre crucial. In this section we will look at why speaking skills is important, how to teach the skills? What teacher should know in order to better the speaking activities in a language class. Let's start by looking at the following sites which presents some usiful tipps on how to choose actvities in a speaking class, and some considertion that teachers should know when planning a language instruction focusing on the teaching of speaking:
1. Oral Production in th second language classroom
Teaching speaking skills in a classroom is not without problem everywhere there must be problem whether little or big. Yet as teacher at least we have to prepared for such any problematic situtions. The following site about overcoming classroom problem in a speaking class suggests some practical tips and insigth that is very helpful for us as teachers.
2.Teaching speaking skills: Overcoming classroom Problem
There is also another article discussing some techniques that can be used for teaching speaking
3.Usefull techniques/activities for teaching speaking
B. Teaching Speaking with technology:
In recent years technology has beend used to assist both teaching and enhancing language learning. Certainly as language teacher we need to know when and how to use the technology for that purpose. The following presentation slides outlines some ideas about how the technology can be used to teach/improve speaking skills in an English class.
4. Using technology to teach speaking
Now let's try and feel how it is like practising speaking/rehearshing with web-based leanguange learning technology.So, Go to this link below:
5. Web-based speaking practice
You can login with your facebook account. having logged in you can start joining courses that you can select from various available ones. Then select a video. After that, you can start watching the video, learn the words, practice pronouncing the sentences, and record your own voices online. Then, you can compare your voice with the natives who speak in the video. Interesting right? Now...can you do that without technology? Will that be easier or more difficult without technology?
There are other alternative technologies that you can try and they are still counting I believe. Click below for such informations:
6. Teachnologies for teaching speaking
Assignment 10.2:
Following Dr. Paula’s presentation above, there are four approaches that we can adopt in order to develop a speaking activities, authentic, creative, functional and reflective.
Now, in your groups (see the grouping page), choose one approach to adopt and to develop a speaking activity using technology. Just to give an idea you may record a short online conversation, a short drama, or a short onlie debate with your friends via Skype or Google hangout. You can have discussion/debate about the follwoing topics:
'What might be the problem for integrating technology in the Indonesia School Today? And How can we solve the problem?"
If you are not familiar with SKYPE check the following links:
1. A tutorial of what skype is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMAeAeyh7zM)
SKYPE is a tool for making a video and audio call over the Internet, you can have personal audio/video call, audio/video conference call and even text based chat only by using Skype. Skype can be isntalled on PC, MAC, Iphone, Android devices etc.
SO, why not start downloading it now? Just go here http://www.skype.com/en/
Once you finished dowanloading it, you can then sing up, and when you are succesful already with the sign up process, you can then start adding contacts, making phone calls, text messaging, chatting, and even file sharing. So, check the video above again if you are still not sure with what to do with Skype.
Alternatively you can also use Google Hangout for Audio/Video Call. For information about Google Hangout tutorial click here:
1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGHdqCkf9Ik
Google hangout is actually similar with SKYPE only it is a web based- and offers more features. For further
information about the Google hangout, in addtion to the video above, you can click here: http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
Finally, the best way to understand them both SKYPE and GOOGLE Hangouts is by trying them. So, go get them and try them out.
Now we can do video call easily, if you are on overseas it doesn't means you can see your family or friends, we have technology guys!
To make it beneficially, it's nice to make opinion video conference about anything we want.
This is my group video conference :
Teaching Speaking
The goal of language is communication. So what wever language we learn, wherever we learn, and we never we learn, the goal of language learning is always aimed at using it for communication. Although we may use it only for the receptive puposes such as listening and reading but it is also part of communication.
For the productive skills like speaking and writing, the communication function is even mre crucial. In this section we will look at why speaking skills is important, how to teach the skills? What teacher should know in order to better the speaking activities in a language class. Let's start by looking at the following sites which presents some usiful tipps on how to choose actvities in a speaking class, and some considertion that teachers should know when planning a language instruction focusing on the teaching of speaking:
1. Oral Production in th second language classroom
Teaching speaking skills in a classroom is not without problem everywhere there must be problem whether little or big. Yet as teacher at least we have to prepared for such any problematic situtions. The following site about overcoming classroom problem in a speaking class suggests some practical tips and insigth that is very helpful for us as teachers.
2.Teaching speaking skills: Overcoming classroom Problem
There is also another article discussing some techniques that can be used for teaching speaking
3.Usefull techniques/activities for teaching speaking
B. Teaching Speaking with technology:
In recent years technology has beend used to assist both teaching and enhancing language learning. Certainly as language teacher we need to know when and how to use the technology for that purpose. The following presentation slides outlines some ideas about how the technology can be used to teach/improve speaking skills in an English class.
4. Using technology to teach speaking
Now let's try and feel how it is like practising speaking/rehearshing with web-based leanguange learning technology.So, Go to this link below:
5. Web-based speaking practice
You can login with your facebook account. having logged in you can start joining courses that you can select from various available ones. Then select a video. After that, you can start watching the video, learn the words, practice pronouncing the sentences, and record your own voices online. Then, you can compare your voice with the natives who speak in the video. Interesting right? Now...can you do that without technology? Will that be easier or more difficult without technology?
There are other alternative technologies that you can try and they are still counting I believe. Click below for such informations:
6. Teachnologies for teaching speaking
Assignment 10.2:
Following Dr. Paula’s presentation above, there are four approaches that we can adopt in order to develop a speaking activities, authentic, creative, functional and reflective.
Now, in your groups (see the grouping page), choose one approach to adopt and to develop a speaking activity using technology. Just to give an idea you may record a short online conversation, a short drama, or a short onlie debate with your friends via Skype or Google hangout. You can have discussion/debate about the follwoing topics:
'What might be the problem for integrating technology in the Indonesia School Today? And How can we solve the problem?"
If you are not familiar with SKYPE check the following links:
1. A tutorial of what skype is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMAeAeyh7zM)
SKYPE is a tool for making a video and audio call over the Internet, you can have personal audio/video call, audio/video conference call and even text based chat only by using Skype. Skype can be isntalled on PC, MAC, Iphone, Android devices etc.
SO, why not start downloading it now? Just go here http://www.skype.com/en/
Once you finished dowanloading it, you can then sing up, and when you are succesful already with the sign up process, you can then start adding contacts, making phone calls, text messaging, chatting, and even file sharing. So, check the video above again if you are still not sure with what to do with Skype.
Alternatively you can also use Google Hangout for Audio/Video Call. For information about Google Hangout tutorial click here:
1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGHdqCkf9Ik
Google hangout is actually similar with SKYPE only it is a web based- and offers more features. For further
information about the Google hangout, in addtion to the video above, you can click here: http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
Finally, the best way to understand them both SKYPE and GOOGLE Hangouts is by trying them. So, go get them and try them out.
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