Welcome to my Week 3 post.
Permit me call this a "Delicious Week for Aural/Oral Activities". I have learned interesting tips about teaching aural/oral activities in my classes. I now know I can use MP3 or MP4 functions in a simple phone to bring technology into my class. I have also learned that the ultimate goal of teaching pronunciation must not necessarily be perfection; it should aim at mutual comprehension.
I have explored websites like One Stop English, ESL About.com and ESL Galaxy which provide excellent lesson plans for speaking and listening (oral/aural) activities. These websites are must-consult pedagogic resources for English teachers. Though I fell in love with ESL About.com, I strongly recommend all three sites. There are adaptable, printable lesson plans and worksheets on these sites for me to use in my classes and I will forever be grateful to this course for leading me to them.
All the new things I learned this week have been as "delicious" as rice and beans. Do you know why? It is so simple; I created my account on Delicious.com titled Kenneth Nsah's Delicious Page where I can now bookmark any interesting web site or page for future use. In this way, I will never again lose my bookmarks when my PC gets bad. Bookmarks on Delicious.com are reachable from any computer that is connected to the Internet.
I have also read some past report projects and one of them by by Nadina Nicolici, Lorin Salagean Technical High School, from Romania. In her project, she identified lack of interest in reading and decided to use technology to improve that. Consequently, she created a class blog to improve their access to the internet and their reading skills. Although I going to write a report plan (because my students are on holiday now), her project report and that of Tendouinde Bruno Nikiema, American Language Center, Ouagadougou, from Burkina Faso, have greatly inspired me.
By and large, this week has made me discover websites and other web-based resources to consult for me lessons, to create an online account for bookmarking on Delicious.com and to be able to create authentic video and audio materials to use in my classes.
I am so thankful to all course colleagues who have been helping build my web skills by commenting my Nicenet and blog posts.
Here below is my photo as I typed this blog.
Be blessed.
Nsah Mala
Cameroon
Hello Nsah,
ReplyDeleteHow are you doing. You are always ahead of time with in-depth reflections. I also read Nadina's report and I found it really useful and amusing for improving students'writing skills.
Oliver
Burkina Faso
Hi Olivier!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you visited and commented this post. Thanks a lot. I will soon be on your blog.
Cheers,
Nsah Mala
Cameroon
Hello Nsah,
ReplyDeleteNice post about your reflections! it was very nice to learn all this things this week, right?
I also think it was a really great the idea to use Delicious and I didn't know about it.
So, I will also use it a lot from now on.
Cheers
Lorena Mello
Brazil
Hello Lorena!
DeleteThanks for commenting here. I agree with you that it has been nice learning all thses things this week.
Be blessed.
Nsah Mala
Cameroon
Nice one Nsah. I really enjoy your writing style used in your reflections (just found out you are a poet!). The resources found on one stop and Esl galaxy are priceless. I can't wait to start using them next session.
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Hello Namse!
DeleteThanks for your encouraging comments. The resources on Onestop English, ESL ABout.com and ESL Galaxy are indeed priceless. We should keep thanking the organisers of this course for this unique experience.
Be blessed.
Nsah Mala
Cameroon
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