We make use of a lot of material which are protected by copyright during lessons quite frequently. Though we teachers are allowed to use or deal with reasonable portions of copyright works in a fair manner for teaching in a specified course of study, it is still hard to tell what is the reasonable portion. Sometimes we are quite confused about this.
When we have to post anything, eg, a magazine or newspaer article online to share with our students, we may be in breach with the copyright law. So, we can't replace all the hardcopy with the softcopy.
Sunday 7 March 2010
Something more about the EFL IVD experience
As mentioned in the first post related to this article, the project was done nearly 20 years ago. The task is not interactive enough. To most of the teachers and some of the students at that time, online chatrooms and video- sharing platform was unheard. Similar projects can be still carried out now but to improve it, we can add more interactive elements to it like asking students to discuss the film online and create some video clippings about the film
Reading Week Seven
The reading is about how to develop and create a multimedia courseware to conduct langugage lessons. The project was carried out in the early 1990s, which is about 20 years ago. In terms of the equipments just like the laserdisc player and the Truvision Bravado Board, the project seems not updated. However, the experience learnt from the project and the idea it based on is the thing that we have to treasure.
Generally speaking, teachers are more well-trained and experienced in using IT in teaching. In the article, the author mentioned that the research require a vast amount of manpower. Nowadays, with the help of the development of user-friendly softwares and teachers' being familiar with IT, similar teaching strategies can be employed with ease.
I think the objectives behind the project, ie,"develop reading comprehension skills with the help of viewing video, develop active use of the language by learning to imitate speech acts, develop speaking skills in English by imitating pronunciation, stress, and intonation as well as extra linguistic components, bring the learner as close as possible to a real conversational situationm and provide the learner with enough tools so that he or she can understand the conversation, expose the learner to the culture of the language and encourage students to becaome active listeners, gussers, predictors, and risk takers," are still worth working on.
Generally speaking, teachers are more well-trained and experienced in using IT in teaching. In the article, the author mentioned that the research require a vast amount of manpower. Nowadays, with the help of the development of user-friendly softwares and teachers' being familiar with IT, similar teaching strategies can be employed with ease.
I think the objectives behind the project, ie,"develop reading comprehension skills with the help of viewing video, develop active use of the language by learning to imitate speech acts, develop speaking skills in English by imitating pronunciation, stress, and intonation as well as extra linguistic components, bring the learner as close as possible to a real conversational situationm and provide the learner with enough tools so that he or she can understand the conversation, expose the learner to the culture of the language and encourage students to becaome active listeners, gussers, predictors, and risk takers," are still worth working on.
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