Week 6

Teaching second foreign language with different tools (Gabriela orellana)

I really like this reading because is very important for us learn about our students. Technology and teaching techniques have been evolving rapidly in recent years and teacher must use all tools necessary to help their students to develop their skills. mechanical exercises and traditional fill in the blank, true or false and multiple choice assessments does not interest students. It is very different use other material, For example, videos for teaching listening skill, vocabulary.  Also, teachers can creative videos according their topic. Sometimes, students have the skill to learn through the visual, they remember more easily the topic. Moreover, speaking is other skill very important because pupils must to produce the language. In this case the technology has recourses to practice a lot. such as software where students can correct their mistakes, they learn to express without fear and they can have the opportunity to give their critical thinking. Also, speech recognition technology, 'the ability of a machine to process spoken input and respond, enables CALL software to include active participation in speech production, oral reading, and limited conversation in the range of language activities available to students. Having imitated models several times, the learners can actually record their own speech and compare this with the models. The program is able to detect significant deviation from a master's word phrase utterance production and offers visual aids and a written diagnosis of the problem as well as indications on how to overcome and correct the error.

 To conclude, teacher can use a lot of thing to creative a funny class and remember that we must have the attention of our students. They can learn easier if the topic is very interest for them.