Implementation of CALL in Second Language Acquisition Process
Week 6: The Emplloyment of CALL iin Teachiing Second/Foreiign Language Speakiing Skiilllls; Using Original Video and Sound Effects to Teach English

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Something that I like from both articles is that it provides information about the implementation of technology in the teaching process. There are several tools that we, as teachers, can use in the teaching and learning process, especially in our field: the second language teaching. As both articles suggest we can use different techniques to teach the different English skills. It provides information about how mechanical exercises might not generate interest on students as much as we expect, like the traditional exercises "fill in the blank, true/false, etc." and an effective lesson does not necessarily require expensive high tech materials, we as teachers just need keep the attention of our students, engages them on the classes topics and teach them the language in a real context. Internet, software’s, videos, audios can help us to keep them motivated and enthusiastic as learners. Both articles try to motivate teachers to implement the use of technology in order to create lessons and make students practice. However, this practice may have disadvantages for the learners, such as do not have the same access to Internet to interact with native speakers, or also for practice with a software provided by the teacher.

I would like to apply an activity in the classroom with my students, present videos in my class, to engage them on the topic is a different way to teach them something, and they may feel different and interested on the topics. It could work for encounter activities, or clarify or whichever stage. Is a really useful technique, and it could be applied to teach different skills.

As teachers we have to look for different, funny, and effective ways to keep motivated our students, and makes them learn.

Motivating Students to Learn Using Technology

Week 5: Critical Thinking and Technology

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As teachers we have to make our students feel interrested, intrigated and fascinated in our classes topic; we have to make them feel interrested on the classes, make them look for more and more information about it, asking themselves questions about the topics, not just dictate the content to them, but also makes them understand, analyze, synthesize, evaluate evidence. As teachers we must teach them the logics of our disciplinesand not just dictate information to them.

We have to take in consideration that technology, specially computers, can be an useful tool for teachers to develop the classes, and engage our students in the classes. As the article suggest, and as we know, there are different kind of learners, and technology give us the opportunity to look for different methods to teach to each one, and get the best results in their minds. Computers give us the chance to create and look for materials that que can apply to each kind of learners, depending on their best leaning area.

As a teacher I would like to engage my students on the classes topics using technology, computers in this case, involving them with presentations, keeping their attentions with images. I would apply visual representations of auditory information, to make items appear while the name of an object or something like that is appearing on a powerpoint presentation just for them to clarify and connect the meaning. As teachers we have to keep in mind that technologys are not just to help students to understand better the topics, or just for them to practice, it also help us to look for different ways to teach and achieve the purpose of our classes.

Internet as a Teaching Tool

Week 4: CALL Me … Maybe: A Framework for Integrating the Internet into ELT

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There is an already recognized the fact that the need for educational experiences is rapidly growing, the development of technology is rapidly changing, and it has become an important tool for a lot of activities, and the teaching and learning process is not the exception. Is well known that Internet technology allow teachers and students keep up with their minds, and it has different ways and methods to help students to understand and to practice all the new information, and also provides different ways to teachers to achieve the purpose of the class, and look for activities for the correct development of the class. It lett hem try their ideas as soon as they come up with them. Similarly, the Internet provides learning, teaching and research which involve interactions, either with students, teachers, the environment, or the learning material.


Unfortunately not all the students and institutions have the same opportunity to access to Internet, they may have a limited access to the Internet, but in that case teachers still have options to facilitate learning. Specifically, the Internet contains resources that in limited-access contexts can be retained, then exploited further. This section discusses types of content available and how to select, save, and use it.


We as students are using the Internet as a tool to interact with our classmates, and also with our professor, sharing our different points of view about different topics related to the implementation of ITC's in the teaching process. We know the process, we know how it can work, and we know that it works for us. Taking in consideration that part, we can apply this tool in our practice, keeping on mind the positive and negative effects.

Implementation of Boadcast in the Teaching and Learning Process

Week 3: Blending technologies in ESL courses: A reflexive enquiry; Integrating CALL into the classroom: the role of podcasting in an ESL listening strategies course

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There are different skills that teacher wants to develop with their students, and this article is focused on the listening skill, providing information about the implementation of boadcasts during the lessons, providing the best examples of how it can work. Information on the article suggest that the implementation of boadcast in the learning and teaching process may provide different benefits for students, such as: Exposure to spoken language and a multitude of characteristics; A range of resources, including both purpose-built and authentic materials; Exposure to the culture of the areas where the target language is spoken; An engaging set of materials that could be tailored to an adequate length. As a matter of fact, this pedagogical method allows to take students envolved in classes topic, providing them a different way to develop their listening skills. However, the studies show that students do not take in consideration the way in which the ITC's tools are involved on classes, they sometimes feels indiferent in the practice with technologies to put into practice the lessons or look for information, using softwares to practice or just for study the classes.

There are some hidrances to technology integration, those are the principal aspects that make difficult this process. For instance; insufficient time, lack of relevant, institution development, lack of on-site technology support, inadequate or no access to necessary hardware or software, and receiving few rewards for efforts. Those hidrances are the ones that makes difficult the implementation of that technique. Even thougt it can be monitoriated by teachers on lessons class, to help students to keep themselves motivated and concentrated on topics.