Week 6

Week 6: Developing speaking, listening and writing skill with the use of web

Wednesday February 22, 2017

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Something that calls my attention was the increase in the development of communication programs, audio and video to offer a wide variety of possibilities for teachers to compile activities around listening such as watching related videos, holding conversations in real-time, etc. nowadays, teachers are integrating the technology in the classrooms to foster the improvement of students´ skills (listening, speaking and writing) of a second language, but there is still a lack of comprehension in how to use CALL with a communicative purpose.

Something that I learned and that every teacher should know was that the communicative activities on the internet can be categorized as receptive or interactive. The receptive activities, in the oral skills, refer to the information students receive from the websites in form of text, images, audio and video. This can be used for teachers to provide to students extra material for improving their listening and speaking skills. Also, the interactive activities refer to interact with a person or a group of people from others countries through the internet and computers.

To conclude, integrating technology to develop students´ listening and speaking skills can be such a useful element in the classroom and out of it. It is because students can have more interaction with the language and with native speakers. Also, they can find unlimited resources to practice and learn at the same time.