Friday, February 18, 2011
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
podcast assignment(group)
1. Zulkifli B Hanafi
2. Muhammad Syafiq B Mazlan
3. Mohammad B Muda
4. Muhd Syahir B Abdul Rani
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
World wide web lesson plan
Let’s Celebrate Your Birthday
Level: Form 2 (Intermediate)
Time: 55 minutes
Aims: - To practice letter writing
- To get to know about preparing birthday celebration
Technical Requirements:
One computer with Microsoft Office Word per student, Internet connection with Web-browser and list of e-mail address for each student in the class
Websites: http://www.writing-lovers.com/informal_letter.html, http://ezinearticles.com/?Outdoor-Parties---Important-Things-to-Consider&id=4825762
Preparation:
- Look for websites offering sample of informal letter
- Check availability of websites before lesson
- Prepare worksheets
Procedure:
- Teacher discuss with students on the importance of celebrating their beloved’s birthday
- Teacher asks students whether they know how to prepare people’s birthday celebration.
- Teacher asks the students to surf a website that shows important things to consider for preparing a birthday celebration.
- Teacher instructs students to complete Worksheet 1 based on the information from the website.
- Teacher discuss the answer with the students
- Teacher asks the students to open a website and look for samples of informal letter. Teacher then instructs the students to download the sample.
- Teacher instructs students to complete Worksheet 2 and discuss the answer with the students.
- Teacher gives 20 minutes asks each student to write an informal letter to their friend describing how to prepare a birthday celebration using the worksheets that they have completed and sample of informal letter that they have downloaded as guidance.
- Teacher put a list of e-mail address for each student in front of the class and asks each student to choose the classmate that they want to send the letter to and take note of their friend’s e-mail.
- Teacher asks each student to open their own e-mail and compose the informal letter that they have written to their friend’s e-mail.
- Teacher discuss with students on the difficulties they faced in writing the informal letter and how websites that they have surf has help them write the letter.
- Teacher asks each student to open their e-mail and look for the informal letter that has been sent by their classmates.
- Teacher asks each student to read the letter and correct any grammatical or sentence structure error made by their friends in the letter.
- Teacher selects few students to read the letter they received to the whole class
- Teacher asks the whole class to guess the name of the sender for each letter that has been read.
Follow-up:
- Teacher asks each student to look for informal letter describing how to prepare a birthday celebration on the internet and compare it with the letter that they have written and received.
Monday, August 30, 2010
In-class task ( Hypertext and Hypermedia)
Espresso machiato
Espresso machiato, is a coffee, made with the combination of espresso and cream. In Italian, this drink literally means " espresso stained/ marked with cream". Traditionally it made with one shot of espresso, and the small amount of added cream was the "stain". Starbucks defines Espresso Machiato as "1 shot of espresso in a demitasse and topped with a small dollop of foamed cream. The reason this coffee got its name is because the baristas wanted to show the customer the difference between an espresso and an espresso with tiny bit of cream in it.
Espresso machiato was originated and popular in Italy. It is usually served with dessert during evening.It is also suitable to be served with sandwich and pastry. Espresso machiato can be served either hot or cold. However, more people prefer it to be served in a steam hot condition because it is nicer and more authentic.Suggested places and coffeehouses if people wanted to try espresso machiato in Malaysia is Starbucks, Tony Roma and San Francisco Coffee.
Espresso machiato, is a coffee, made with the combination of espresso and cream. In Italian, this drink literally means " espresso stained/ marked with cream". Traditionally it made with one shot of espresso, and the small amount of added cream was the "stain". Starbucks defines Espresso Machiato as "1 shot of espresso in a demitasse and topped with a small dollop of foamed cream. The reason this coffee got its name is because the baristas wanted to show the customer the difference between an espresso and an espresso with tiny bit of cream in it.
Espresso machiato was originated and popular in Italy. It is usually served with dessert during evening.It is also suitable to be served with sandwich and pastry. Espresso machiato can be served either hot or cold. However, more people prefer it to be served in a steam hot condition because it is nicer and more authentic.Suggested places and coffeehouses if people wanted to try espresso machiato in Malaysia is Starbucks, Tony Roma and San Francisco Coffee.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Article Review ( 10%)
THIS is the article
Title: The development and evaluation of a web-based college English outside reading system for EFL Freshmen
Author: Ching-Ying Pan, Institute of Education, Tzu Chi University and Pei-Ching Huang, Tai Pei Country Hai-San High School
Journal: The JALT CALL Journal, Volume 5, December 2009
OVERVIEW
Reading is considered as one of the most elements in language learning. In Taiwan, where English Language is taught as a foreign language, there is a need and high demand for the students to excel in their reading skill. For colleges as well as other students, instead of just learning how to read well using the old traditional method, there is also a need for new style of teaching reading for the language learner. Web-based reading has been created in order to attract more people to read and many parties has created many websites that includes various types of reading text such as stories, cartoons, diagrams and etc.
SUMMARY
1) Aims of the research
The main purpose of this study was to design web-based English outside reading learning system for college students to study English reading outside the classroom by themselves. This study is also aimed at exploring web-based learning system’s effect on students by comparing it with the reading of traditional printed material. This study is also aimed at investigating the effect of WBEOR learning system on user’s English reading comprehension, motivation and satisfaction.
2) Methodology of the research
Researchers conducted the study for freshmen English reading courses at a university in Taiwan. This study is an experimental study where it applies the pretest-posttest group design. Researchers use WBEOR (web-based English outside reading) learning system for this study and used a t-test to check the results of the student’s University Entrance English Exam and English learning motivation scale.
3) The subject/ sample
There are 166 participants for this study which are Taiwanese university students who took English Reading courses. One group, consist of 79 students called the control group will use traditional outside reading method while another group called experimental group is required to access WBEOR for their study. Both group had the same learning material, schedule and tests and all of them is required to complete their assignments. Control group will fully-use traditional method whereby experimental group will use web-based application throughout the research.
4) Findings of the research
Researchers are focusing on the experimental group for this study. Result shows that experimental group achieved significantly higher scores than the control group on the nine unit reading comprehension as well as quizzes, two midterms and one final examination. For both factor investigated in this study which are motivation and learning satisfaction, experimental group shows higher attainment compared to the control group. It can be concluded that students who adopted web-based learning method had better reading comprehension than students who use paper materials. The result provided positive evidence to support the hypotheses that WBEOR had positive effects on student’s English reading comprehension.
REFLECTION
On my first glance towards the title of this article/research, I have the intuition that this is an interesting study to be explored. To be honest, even though I have been using technology in my teaching process and designing lesson plans, this is the first time I get to know the term “web-based reading”. What is really interesting about this research is that it is conducted in Taiwan which is a country in the expanding circles of Braj Kachru’s circle of World English whereby English is taught as a foreign language. It really triggers me to know the effects of web-based reading and this study on language learners who are not the first or second language learners of English Language. Another factor attracting me to explore this study is that the study is conducted on young adult language learner, not children where I would like to discover how the result and findings of this study may vary.
My opinion is that this study is well conducted because researchers even use two groups which use two different materials and as a result, the researchers have been able to show a discrepancy of reading comprehension ability between the two groups in an obvious, positive and authentic way. I would say this research is well-conducted is also because it involves quite a large sample/participants which are more than 100 participants. However, the finding and result of this study cannot be generalized to the first and second language learner of English which concerns the people in countries like United States, Australia and Malaysia.
Web-based materials usually offer large amounts of authentic materials. This is a great opportunity for the language learner to learn language in an authentic, meaningful way. In general, web-based reading instruction will be an important factor and assistance in enhancing the reading ability of English Language learner. Web-based reading system and materials will be a great shift in our attempt to foster reading habit in our Malaysian children who did not really like to read before because of reading materials such as books, magazines and newspapers are perceived as dry and boring by the children. In our country, number of children who are computer-literate is increasing from time to time and the use of web-based reading and materials is a good initiative and strategy in encouraging the children to read. This will be a good assistance for the reading and literacy programme for the children that have been launched by our government a few years back. As a future teacher, if the school that I will be posted to have all the resources and facilities needed; I will use web-based reading materials and system in my teaching process.
Title: The development and evaluation of a web-based college English outside reading system for EFL Freshmen
Author: Ching-Ying Pan, Institute of Education, Tzu Chi University and Pei-Ching Huang, Tai Pei Country Hai-San High School
Journal: The JALT CALL Journal, Volume 5, December 2009
OVERVIEW
Reading is considered as one of the most elements in language learning. In Taiwan, where English Language is taught as a foreign language, there is a need and high demand for the students to excel in their reading skill. For colleges as well as other students, instead of just learning how to read well using the old traditional method, there is also a need for new style of teaching reading for the language learner. Web-based reading has been created in order to attract more people to read and many parties has created many websites that includes various types of reading text such as stories, cartoons, diagrams and etc.
SUMMARY
1) Aims of the research
The main purpose of this study was to design web-based English outside reading learning system for college students to study English reading outside the classroom by themselves. This study is also aimed at exploring web-based learning system’s effect on students by comparing it with the reading of traditional printed material. This study is also aimed at investigating the effect of WBEOR learning system on user’s English reading comprehension, motivation and satisfaction.
2) Methodology of the research
Researchers conducted the study for freshmen English reading courses at a university in Taiwan. This study is an experimental study where it applies the pretest-posttest group design. Researchers use WBEOR (web-based English outside reading) learning system for this study and used a t-test to check the results of the student’s University Entrance English Exam and English learning motivation scale.
3) The subject/ sample
There are 166 participants for this study which are Taiwanese university students who took English Reading courses. One group, consist of 79 students called the control group will use traditional outside reading method while another group called experimental group is required to access WBEOR for their study. Both group had the same learning material, schedule and tests and all of them is required to complete their assignments. Control group will fully-use traditional method whereby experimental group will use web-based application throughout the research.
4) Findings of the research
Researchers are focusing on the experimental group for this study. Result shows that experimental group achieved significantly higher scores than the control group on the nine unit reading comprehension as well as quizzes, two midterms and one final examination. For both factor investigated in this study which are motivation and learning satisfaction, experimental group shows higher attainment compared to the control group. It can be concluded that students who adopted web-based learning method had better reading comprehension than students who use paper materials. The result provided positive evidence to support the hypotheses that WBEOR had positive effects on student’s English reading comprehension.
REFLECTION
On my first glance towards the title of this article/research, I have the intuition that this is an interesting study to be explored. To be honest, even though I have been using technology in my teaching process and designing lesson plans, this is the first time I get to know the term “web-based reading”. What is really interesting about this research is that it is conducted in Taiwan which is a country in the expanding circles of Braj Kachru’s circle of World English whereby English is taught as a foreign language. It really triggers me to know the effects of web-based reading and this study on language learners who are not the first or second language learners of English Language. Another factor attracting me to explore this study is that the study is conducted on young adult language learner, not children where I would like to discover how the result and findings of this study may vary.
My opinion is that this study is well conducted because researchers even use two groups which use two different materials and as a result, the researchers have been able to show a discrepancy of reading comprehension ability between the two groups in an obvious, positive and authentic way. I would say this research is well-conducted is also because it involves quite a large sample/participants which are more than 100 participants. However, the finding and result of this study cannot be generalized to the first and second language learner of English which concerns the people in countries like United States, Australia and Malaysia.
Web-based materials usually offer large amounts of authentic materials. This is a great opportunity for the language learner to learn language in an authentic, meaningful way. In general, web-based reading instruction will be an important factor and assistance in enhancing the reading ability of English Language learner. Web-based reading system and materials will be a great shift in our attempt to foster reading habit in our Malaysian children who did not really like to read before because of reading materials such as books, magazines and newspapers are perceived as dry and boring by the children. In our country, number of children who are computer-literate is increasing from time to time and the use of web-based reading and materials is a good initiative and strategy in encouraging the children to read. This will be a good assistance for the reading and literacy programme for the children that have been launched by our government a few years back. As a future teacher, if the school that I will be posted to have all the resources and facilities needed; I will use web-based reading materials and system in my teaching process.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Reflection on Hot Potatoes application
Reflection on Hot Potatoes application
Hot potatoes is a free application designed and produced by Half-Baked Software Inc that allows teachers either trainee, novice or even permanent teachers to create various interactive web-based exercises. This includes fill-in-the gap, mix and match, jumbled-sentence and crossword puzzle. The first time I was introduced to this application, I thought that it is difficult to use, but after I have been able to understand part and parcel of the application, I felt that this application has help increase the need for me to express my creativity.
I found this application very useful and helpful as it is quite easy to be used and very user-friendly. Even someone with the slightest knowledge of using technology, with little help from their peers, will be able to use this application. Hot Potatoes will help teachers, especially English teachers like me to be more creative in creating exercises for my students. Because it is interactive, it will increase the motivation of the students to participate in the activity as well as answering the exercises where it is automatically will help them improve their mastery in the language.
Exercises in Hot Potatoes application can be done in part and also it can be linked from one exercise to another. This is good as students get to try various types of exercises in learning the language. The idea of using computers or technology in learning language alone has boost the motivation to learn language, this benefit of get to try various different exercises will make a lazy and passive language learner to become more hardworking and an active learner.
Because of there are many benefit of using this Hot Potatoes application, I will use this application when I have become the English teacher in the future and I insist on the readers of this blog use this application as well as it will be very helpful and a handy little friend to all of you.
Hot potatoes is a free application designed and produced by Half-Baked Software Inc that allows teachers either trainee, novice or even permanent teachers to create various interactive web-based exercises. This includes fill-in-the gap, mix and match, jumbled-sentence and crossword puzzle. The first time I was introduced to this application, I thought that it is difficult to use, but after I have been able to understand part and parcel of the application, I felt that this application has help increase the need for me to express my creativity.
I found this application very useful and helpful as it is quite easy to be used and very user-friendly. Even someone with the slightest knowledge of using technology, with little help from their peers, will be able to use this application. Hot Potatoes will help teachers, especially English teachers like me to be more creative in creating exercises for my students. Because it is interactive, it will increase the motivation of the students to participate in the activity as well as answering the exercises where it is automatically will help them improve their mastery in the language.
Exercises in Hot Potatoes application can be done in part and also it can be linked from one exercise to another. This is good as students get to try various types of exercises in learning the language. The idea of using computers or technology in learning language alone has boost the motivation to learn language, this benefit of get to try various different exercises will make a lazy and passive language learner to become more hardworking and an active learner.
Because of there are many benefit of using this Hot Potatoes application, I will use this application when I have become the English teacher in the future and I insist on the readers of this blog use this application as well as it will be very helpful and a handy little friend to all of you.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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