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Reflection

Computer-Assisted English Language Learning

In my opinion, the knowledge that I got from this subject is very useful for me to apply in my teaching.  Nowadays teacher should have knowledge about using technology such as using ‘computer based instruction’ or ‘web based instruction’ for applying in their teaching. ICT, ET website, YouTube, Blog, Social Network (Hi5, Facebook, Etc.), LMS and MIT OCW, some of them are the new things. At the first time, I am very confused what/why we have to make an understanding of them, but after I had learned as a teacher; these kind of knowledge are very interesting. Even they are the new things for teacher and might be for students too, but I believe that after these people had learned and be able to use in professionally, they will find many of advantages such as easy to communicate, a lot of information for finding, open wide for learning opportunity, new learning style which can attract students have more attention in class, saving time and supply for studying etc.

For studying in this subject, it will be fun for learners who have a basic skill in computer and internet using because there are many of new things and useful knowledge that learner can get after finished the course. In other hand it also effects to learner who are weak in using of technology and adapt themselves for receiving the new knowledge of technology because they have to try harder than other students. 

 I decided to choose the E-learning system of Tubtong School to be LMS for teaching because it is easy to use for the students and also be free for the general people to use it. At the first, there are the details of the main topic and the process of using each topic that students can go directly to the lesson of their needs. The Forum that I choose for making a lesson plan is the forum of ‘Spell’s test’ and I choose the topic of ‘Living and Non-living things’ to be the Pretest and after I had taught about Living and Non-living things, I will use the same test to evaluate and compare the result of all students.

Here is the link of Tubtong E-learning Website

Here is the link of The forum of Spelling

Lesson plan

Subject: Learning English with using e-learning from Tubtong School

Content: Living & Non-Living Things

Class:  Grade 7

Time: 50 minutes                         

Terminal Objectives: Students should be able to classify things which are surrounded them and be able to explain about the difference between living and non-living things.

Enabling Objectives: 

1.    Students should be able to understand what are living and non-living things;

2.    Students should be able to gain more knowledge about the vocabularies from the lesson;

3.    Students should be able to understand and use the E-learning system to learn by themselves

4.    Students should be able to apply vocabularies which they got from this lesson to use in other situations.

Procedures:

1.    The teacher introduces briefly what’s the e-learning system and how to use for learning English.

2.    Teacher tests the background knowledge of students by let them do the pre-test by asks the students to search for “http://tubtong.ac.th/index.php?subject=English&page=bee” to link to the e-learning page and to the forum of ‘Spelling’ directly.

3.    Then teacher asks students to click of the topic 7 ‘Living and Non-Living Things’.

4.    Teacher describes the information to students about what they are going to do on that page;

-         Please look at the picture and fill the right answer in the blank on the right.

-         Identify whether it is ‘Living and Non-Living’ things 

5.     Teacher gives 5 minutes for student doing the pre-test.

6.    After students finished the test, teacher record the score of each students.

7.    Teachers distributes the supplementary sheets to students and teaches about what the meaning of living and non-living things are and how they are different in each other, also give the example of many words. For example;

- Living things: trees, grass, animals, etc.

- Nonliving things: air, cloud, table, etc.

8.    Teacher asks students to pair up and tell them to giving more examples of living and non-living things.

9.    Teacher asks for the volunteers to be the beginning pair showing their words to the class and also asks some friends to classify the words.

10.            After finishing all activities, teacher and students conclude the meaning and the characteristic of living and non-living things together.

11.             Teacher asks students to do the test on Tubtong e-learning again and check the final score to compare between the results of pretest & posttest.

 Evaluations

              1. Teacher evaluates students from the activities which were provided to students.

              2. Teacher evaluates students by comparing the score of pretest and posttest which students had done on e-learning of Tubtong School.

Teaching aids

          For each student;

               1. Computer with Internet Connection

               2. Web Link to Tubtong E-learning school

 ‘http://tubtong.ac.th/index.php?subject=English&page=main’

               3. Supplementary Sheet

             4.  Point Accumulating Form

I decided to choose Hi5 to be SNS for my teaching because it is convenient for the students to study. Hi5 is wide opened for people around the world to have their own account for free and people are able to find their old friends or make a new friend with other people on Hi5. Moreover people who are not the member of Hi5 can search the link to visit person whom they would like to see on Hi5, however it depends on the privacy allowance of each person too. I also have my own account on Facebook website but when compare between Hi5 and Facebook ever both of them offer many of similar functions to do but I think Hi5 is the best for my teaching because students can link to visited my Hi5 and comment or express their idea without the process of register requirement, it opposes to Facebook that students have to create their own account first.

Here is my web link of Hi5 http://jolieaoy.hi5.com

Here is web link to 'Group forum'

Lesson plan

Subject: Learning English via Hi5 website

Content: The Communication Error  

Class:  Grade 11 

Time: 50 minutes                         

Terminal Objectives: Students should be able to understand about what the communication error is and apply the knowledge from this content to be the caution of using language to communicate in their real lives.

Enabling Objectives: 

1.    Students should be able to think in critically about the factors of the error in communication and find the way to solve the problem; 

2.    Students should be able to improve their English’s listening and writing skills;

3.    Students should be able to understand how to use social network ‘Hi5’ to study and submit their work in ‘group’ topic.

Procedures:

1.    The teacher greets students and introduces the lesson by using examples of the communication error to motivate student’s attention and notify about what they are going to study.

2.    The teacher asks the students to search the link of ‘http://jolieaoy.hi5.com’

3.    Teacher asks students to watch the short clip of the communication error in the forum of ‘favorite movie’; students watch the clip two times.

4.    After students finished watching the video clip, teacher asks students to pair up and gives the times for discussion about 10 minutes.

5.    Teacher asks each pair to stand up and show their opinion about the video clip, also express their ideas to other students in class.

6.     Teacher concludes the meaning and the characteristic about the communication error.

7.    Then teacher asks students to click on the forum ‘Group’ on the top of the web page and choose the group name of ‘English Teaching By Aj. Waranya’. After that students select the topic of ‘The Communication Error’.

8.    Students will see the details of assignment’s content which teacher had posted;

-         Please express your opinion from watching through the video and

answer following these questions;
1. What's the communication error from the video?
2. Why does the man misunderstand/ what are the factors of the error in communication's occurring?

9.    Teacher asks students to reply the question and express their idea and the effective solution way for this situation, post their answer follow that topic.

10.           Teacher provides the opportunity or the optional for students to decide doing this assignment in pair or individual.

Evaluations

              1. Teacher evaluates students from the activities in class (pair work).

              2. Teacher evaluates students from checking the answer that students had reply follow the group’s topic on Hi5

Teaching aids

          For each student;

               1. Computer with Internet Connection

               2. http://jolieaoy.hi5.com

               3. Microphone

               4. Projector

           I decided to choose blog from the web http://www.englishsubject.net/2009/03/23/english-grammar-%E2%80%93-when-to-use-commas/ because it offer many of useful articles and web links of the learning English for reader. I think the Web page is easy to understand how to use and learn the content that students might be interesting in. The article that I choose for doing the lesson is the Recent Posts blog of this website, I believe it is very useful article for students to read and learn

Lesson plan

Subject: Learning English with using blog from "www.englishsubject.net"

Content: When to Use Commas

Class:  Grade 10 

Time:  50 minutes                         

Terminal Objectives: Students should be able to understand about how to use the ‘Commas’ in the right position and be able to apply in their English writing as well

Enabling Objectives: 

1.    Students should be able to read  and understand text from blog which teacher provides;

2.    Students should be able to improve their English’s skill especially reading and grammar ‘Using of Commas’;

3.    Students should be able to get the main idea and also can make the conclusion or summarizing the text.

4.    Students should be able to write the sentence by using the commas in sentence also.

Language focus:   Reading, Grammar, Writing

Procedures:

1.    The teacher greets students and introduces briefly about using ‘Blog’ in learning English.

2.    The teacher asks the students to link to www.englishsubject.net and select the post of topic ‘English Grammar – When to Use Commas’.

3.    Before reading the text, teacher gives the opportunity for students to ask the meaning of words which they don’t understand.

4.    There are eight paragraphs in the text. Teacher counts the number 1-8 for each student. Each student makes an understanding in their own paragraph following their number.

5.     Teacher gives the time around 15 minutes for students to read the article/text.

6.    After all students finished read the text, teacher asks students who are in the same number, starting from students who read the first paragraph to talk about what they got from the paragraph which they are responsible for and explain to other students in class. Then the students who read the second paragraph come to explain the knowledge which they got from the text and the third, the forth…until the last one do the same things. 

7.    Teacher and students summarize about the main idea, conclusion and how to use the commas in the right way/position for writing the sentence.

 Evaluations

              1. Teacher evaluates students from observing the participation in class and the conclusion that students had done.

              2. Teacher evaluates students from checking the exercise which provide for each student after finish the class follow these structure;

-         Write the main idea and conclusion of the text that you had learned in class.

-         Write the sentence by using the knowledge that you got from the text to create the sentence and also using ‘Commas’ in sentence, you are allowed to use all conjunction such as ‘and’, ‘so’, ‘for’, ‘but’, etc.  

Teaching aids

               1. Computer with Internet Connection

               2. Web blog address ‘http://www.englishsubject.net/’

               3. Exercise sheets