DEAR FUTURE STUDENTS, FROM ME

FANCY SELF - ENRICHMENT SITES FOR STUDENTS

According to Gomez-Martinez’s journal, in teaching and learning languages, it is precisely the listening skill one of the most difficult to teach and acquire, and that is why proficiency levels tend to be very low (Gomez, 2005 & 2008B). In order to overcome this difficulty, to improve our students’ listening skills and prepare them to be real listeners who can cope with real listening situations, the ICT ( Infomation and Communication Technology)  have become an excellent help for both teachers and students.

Our students today are all  “native speakers” of all the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet. So what does that make the rest of us? Those of us who were not born into the digital world but have, at some later point in our lives, become fascinated by and adopted many or most aspects of the new technology are, and always will be compared to them, Digital immigrants. (Prenski, 2001).

As we all live in the twentieth century, everything literally every thing can be found on the internet. We can totally browse every little detail on google or any other websites. They are available 24/7. Prior to this CALL class, i have never imagined i would find these websites my lecturer, Prsika, gave me. These are very useful methods to teach students. Very beneficial and easy to use, fun too.

1. The Internet TESL journal
2. ESL Video
3. Breaking news English
4. Jamie Keddie's Videotelling

Among those four websites, i personally really love ESL the most. ESL is a common abbreviation which stands for English as Second Language. Why i love it so much is rather obvious since it provides a lot of videos and quizes. It is so fun and easily practiced. It will present you some of videos that you would choose then there are questions just like "missing lyrics" quiz. You will be scored in the end. This will be the website that i'm going to use to teach my future students so get ready kids!

The other 3 websites are as fun and easy as ESL. The Jamie Keddie's Videotelling also presents many videos that you would really be so curious about. They will explain more about what the videos are about just in case we don't pay enough attention or miss some important points. For those who doesn't want to get left behind, as in lacking of nowadays' world news, you can try to access Breaking News English. They allow you to read the most update articles and you practically practice your English skill through reading and writing, don't you?

Go give it try! I will attach the link below :)

1. The Internet TESL Journal http://iteslj.org/
2. ESL Video http://www.eslvideo.com/
3. Breaking New English http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
4. Jamis Keddie's Videotelling http://lessonstream.org/main-activity/videotelling/