jueves, 18 de junio de 2009

Resumenes 1-7



TEXTO 1


El behavouristic CALL se concevió en la década de los 50, 60 y 70 y puede ser considerado un subcomponente del de instrucción asistida del ordenador, que presenta un aprendizaje a partir de actividades repetitivas del lenguaje donde el ordenador es un instrumento para estas actividades.


En los 70 y principios de los 80 se produjo un rechazo al anterior método y surgió el communicative CALL donde los nuevos ordenadores personales daban mayores posibilidades para el trabajo individual. Aquí los estudiantes se formaban por sí solos a través del estudio de la gramática utilizando un lenguaje prefabricado.


En los 80 los críticos no aceptaron este método ni tampoco el uso del ordenador, asé que se comenzó a tomar en serio un enfoque donde se daba cabida a auténticos contextos sociales. Esta fase se le llamó integrative CALL, y en ella se integra la tecnología en el aprendizaje de la lengua en un contexto.


TEXTO 2


El uso del sonido, el color y el video causó un gran revuelo que tuvo un gran fallo en la falta de una pedagogía apropiada. Los recursos multimedia no se aprovechan lo suficiente puesto que se tiene la idea de que sólo sirven para llamar la atención del estudiante y para que no se aburra en clase. Parece ser que las multimedia son un recurso demasiado caro para aburrirse una vez los estudiantes ya los hayan utilizado.


TEXTO 3


En todas las necesidades y escuelas del mundo tienen la típica visión del profesor canoso que habla en la clase mientras que los alumnos callan y copian apuntes sin parar. Esta es la antigua forma de dar clase que ha llegado a nuestros días gracias a la presión que supone para el profesor una clase llena de chavales con distintos grados de conocimiento y con la responsabilidad de ser autónomo y autoritario. Ahora con las nuevas tecnologías y, sobre todo, con la expansión de internet, hay nuevas formas de trabajo con distintos tipos de enseñanza donde la geografía y el tiempo ya no son un obstáculo para una nueva forma de enseñar y aprender, utilizando la gran cantidad de información que nos da internet.


TEXTO 4


El rol del maestro debe cambiar con el paso del tiempo, ya no son las únicas fuentes de información del lenguaje en estos días de interconectividad global. Ahora los maestros deben saber administrar la información que los estudiantes recogen y enseñarles cuál es la información que les interesa y como encontrarla y no limitarse a enseñar lo que saben y nada más.


TEXTO 5


Los maestros actúan como facilitadores del aprendizaje y negociadores de las actividades. Un maestro debe motivar y enseñar a sus alumnos a que estudien a la vez que debe de estar atento a las necesidades de sus alumnos. A veces las actividades se repiten de manera cíclica pero en diferentes contextos.


TEXTO 6


Hay muchas formas de introducir las actividades que nos plantea internet. El maestro puede trabajar con sus alumnos en la búsqueda de información e investigar con conexiones online junto con otros compañeros de otros lugares. Este tipo de enseñanza puede introducirse en las demás clases del maestro así como conseguir objetivos con este material y así integrar estas conexiones como algo necesario.


TEXTO 7


Hay dos maneras de integración de la CALL a las clases. Esta integración no debe ser llevada a cabo por el maestro como si sólo fuese una herramienta más de la clase, o como una herramienta que hace más útiles a otras herramientas sino que debe ser algo totalmente integrado al día a día de las clases, con una buena utilización de las TICs. Pero para producir todo esto hay que cambiar la formación del profesorado desde su base y mostrar el poder que tiene estos recursos en la enseñanza del lenguaje.

British Council


El Consejo Británico (ingles:British Council), es un instituto cultural, una institución pública cuya misión es difundir el conocimiento de la lengua inglesa y su cultura mediante la formación y otras actividades educativas. Además, este ente público cumple una función relevante para mejorar las relaciones exteriores del Reino Unido. Su sede principal se encuentra en Manchester y Londres.
Este instituto es equivalente al
Instituto Cervantes español, el Goethe-Institut alemán, la Sociedad Dante Alighieri italiana, la Alliance Française o el Instituto Confucio de la China. Todos ellos trabajan por divulgar sus respectivas culturas por todo el mundo, favoreciendo así el conocimiento de algunas de las principales lenguas europeas, hecho por el que se les ha otorgado el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Comunicación y Humanidades el año 2005


Historia


Creado como el British Committee for Relations with Other Countries en 1934 como un organización voluntaria para promover la cultura, educación, ciencia y tecnología británica. Al año siguiente se cambia de Committe a Council. En 1936 es cortado a su nombre actual. Sus primeras sedes se establecen en Egipto, Portugal, Rumania y Polonia en 1938. Su sede en España se abre en 1940.
El
1 de junio de 2005, el British Council recibió el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Comunicación y Humanidades de dicho año. Comparte galardón con la Alianza Francesa, la Sociedad Dante Alighieri, el Instituto Cervantes, el Instituto Camões y el Goethe-Institut.

Hot potatoes




Hot Potatoes en un conjunto de seis herramientas para crear actividades interactivas basadas en páginas webs.

Para diseñar actividades con Hot Potatoes es preciso bajarse primero el programa. La Web Oficial es http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/index.htm. Se puede descargar el programa en esta dirección Hot Potatoes y podemos encontrar bastante información y ejercicios en http://www.aula21.net/segunda/hotpotatoes.htm.



Hot Potatoes tiene los siguientes tipo de ejercicios (extraídos de http://www.aula21.net/):



- Ejercicios de elección múltiple. JBC crea ejercicios de elección múltiple. Cada pregunta puede tener tantas respuestas como usted quiera y cualquier numero de ellas pueden ser correcta. En contestación a cada respuesta se da al estudiante una retroalimentación especifica y aparece el porcentaje de aciertos cada vez que se selecciona una respuesta correcta.



- Ejercicios de rellenar huecos. JCloze genera ejercicios de rellenar huecos. Se puede poner un número ilimitado de posibles respuestas correctas para cada hueco y el estudiante puede pedir ayuda si tiene dudas y se le mostrará una letra de la respuesta correcta cada vez que pulse el botón de ayuda. Una pista especifica puede ser también incluida para cada hueco. También se incluye puntuación automática.



- Crucigramas. JCross crea crucigramas, puedes usar una cuadrícula de cualquier tamaño. Como en JQuiz y JCloze, un botón de ayuda permite el estudiante solicitar una letra en el caso de que la necesite.



- Ejercicios de emparejamiento u ordenación. JMatch crea ejercicios de emparejamiento u ordenación. Una lista de elementos aparecen en la izquierda (estos pueden ser imágenes o texto), con elementos desordenados a la derecha.



- Ejercicios de reconstrucción de frases o párrafos. JMix crea ejercicios de reconstrucción de frases o párrafos a partir de palabras desordenadas.



http://club.telepolis.com/anaclavero/Paginas/Hotpotaotes.htm

Resumen de la película



RESUMEN DE LA PELÍCULA

En la película se ve una profesora que aborda las cuatro destrezas de la enseñanza de la lengua extranjera, speaking, listening, Reading y writing, de una forma muy amena y divertida que hace que los alumnos estén muy atentos. Para ellos no es una clase cualquiera ya que se les hace muy divertida ya que la profesora utiliza juegos para la enseñanza haciendo la clase en si como un juego para aprender el inglés.


En la actualidad se está introduciendo en las clases de inglés una enseñanza enfocada hacia la competencia comunicativa y por tanto se le da mucha más importancia al speaking y listening que a la gramática, y se utiliza mucho vocabulario muy utilizado en una conversación real con un contexto muy útil para la comunicación en otros países.


Finalmente he de decir que en los colegios españoles se están introduciendo las nuevas tecnologías que para los nuevos profesores nos serán muy útiles para la enseñanza del idioma en el desarrollo de una buena competencia comunicativa.

The animals went in two by two



The animals went in two by two


The animals went in two by two, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in two by two, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in two by two, the elephant and the kangaroo

And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.


The animals went in three by three, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in three by three, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in three by three, the wasp, the ant and the bumble bee

And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.


The animals went in four by four, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in four by four, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in four by four, the great hippopotamus stuck in the door

And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.


The animals went in five by five, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in five by five, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in five by five, they warmed each other to keep alive

And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.


The animals went in six by six, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in six by six, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in six by six, they turned out the monkey because of his tricks

And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.


The animals went in seven by seven, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in seven by seven, hurrah! hurrah!

The animals went in seven by seven, the little pig thought he was going to heaven

And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.


Original name of this song:


When Johnny Comes Marching Home.


General information:


"When Johnny Marching Home" (sometimes "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again") is a popular song of the American Civil War that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war.

The Irish antiwar song "
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" share the same melodic material. Based on internal textual references, "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" apparently dates from the early 1800s, while "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" was first published in 1863.[citation needed]

As with much folk music of this period, many variants in text and music appear as the song is transmitted orally and subject to many external influences. Primacy of one version over another is difficult to prove conclusively because most versions were never written down or published. James Fuld in The Book of World Famous Music (page 640) indicates that some believe the melody is not Irish in origin.

The lyrics to "Johnny Comes Marching Home," written by
Irish-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore and published under the pseudonym 'Louis Lambert',[citation needed] effectively reverse those of "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye", in which Johnny returns home blind and crippled, to the woman he abandoned in order to join the army.

Gilmore himself claimed he based the melody on an African-American spiritual; it is possible he may have unconsciously borrowed from "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" or known a variant with a different text.
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The Johnny so longed for in the song is Patrick Gilmore's future brother in-law a Union Light Artillery Captain named John O'Rourke. The song was written by Patrick for his sister Annie Gilmore as she longed for the safe return of her Captain from the Civil War. ("The House that O'Rourke Built" Patti Jo Peterson The Plattsmouth Journal August 30, 2007 page 5, AND "The O'Rourke House" Patti Jo Peterson The Plattsmouth Journal June 15, 2006 page 11)

Karaoke Day: Using Songs In The Classroom




Why Karaoke?


Pop songs from the western world are something in which many students have an interest. The same student who may or may not say "I like listen the music" when asked about hobbies or interests probably knows the complete lyrics to the latest Backstreet Boys hit. Tim Murphey coined the term "the song stuck in your head phenomenon" several years ago to describe the amazing way in which people learn and remember song lyrics. More than this, songs are a very powerful teaching tool through which students can learn many aspects of English including grammar points,vocabulary, idioms, intonation, accent, word imagery, and cultural themes.


How Karaoke??


My presentation featured a video of me using a pop song with a class of students ten years ago. Although I've made some procedural changes over the years, my basic method remains the same. Karaoke Day begins with the VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION: "What day is it today?" This becomes a regular "schtick" which students enjoy. I introduce the KD song by introducing the artist-perhaps writing his/her/their initials and giving the students clues. I then introduce the song and tell students to sit back, relax, listen carefully, and see how many words they can catch.

Following the first listening, I distribute cloze lyrics. It's important not to overwhelm the students so I delete no more than two or three words per line. When doing the second listening and fill in, I proceed line by line, giving students as many clues as possible such as hangman "word frames" with the first and/or last letter given, the Japanese equivalent, and so on.

After the students have a complete set of lyrics, I discuss the story or message of the song with the students and introduce new vocabulary, images, etc. Figure l shows some of the possible teaching points from the English version of the classic "Sukiyaki". Choral reading with expression helps the students to get a feel for rhythm, intonation, and accent.

Before finally singing the song, I focus on the mechanics of singing. These include sitting straight with the feet flat on the floor, holding the song sheet properly (at a 45 degree angle not too close or too far away from the face), using the diaphragm to breathe, and opening up the mouth to let the words come out. I encourage my students to be a chorus group and not to be self-conscious.


To Sing Or Not To Sing?


An overwhelming majority of my students over the years have given me positive feedback about Karaoke Day. I try to make it "their day"-even asking students to record and write cloze lyrics for a song they like. I have noticed what I call the "spillover effect". The enthusiasm and excitement of Karaoke Day spills over into the more mundane aspects of the class.

Is Karaoke Day worth the work involved? Yes! Give it a try!




Karaoke with a Social Network


Well it had to happen! As every other kind of site these days has a social network attached to it, why not karaoke too?

The site I've been looking at is called RedKaraoke and it has quite a few useful features. There isn't a huge range of songs there yet, but users can upload their own, it also has a web cam feature so for potential singers who want to be seen as well as heard you can have your web cam hooked up while you sing.

As with most karaoke, there are background tracks and you see the words of the lyrics highlighted as you are supposed to sing them. You can rate other singers too and have your own profile as well as take part in forums (mainly used for technical support by the looks of things) and there's also synchronous chat too.

The high ranking singers get pushed to the top, and if you like someone you can leave encouraging messages of support.


So why use this with EFL students?


Anyone who has ever taught a EFL / ELT will know how powerful and motivating music and song can be to help students acquire language, so sites like this can be really useful.


- If your students are interested in music and singing, you can get them along to the site to record a few of their favourite songs (Onlye the more confident students though)


- You can get students to listen and rate other singers too and leave messages for them if they like them (though don't encourage messages to singers they don't like)


- The site has the words and music to quite few songs, so even if your students don't feel confident enough to record themsleves, they could still get some practice in the privacy of their own homes.


- If students do record themselves you can get them to rate each other and see if any of your students can get into the top ranking list.


What I like about it


- Well as ever for me the first attraction is that it's free.


- There are a range of songs and it's not all in English, so if you are teaching or learning other languages then there is potential material here.


- I like that you can have the web cam recording too.


- The interface is quite easy to get around simple to use.


What I wasn't so sure about


- I think this is going to be pretty bandwidth hungry, especially if you are using a web cam too, so only one for broadband users working alone from home.


- The quality of some of the sound files wasn't so great, but that's always going to be the case with Web 2.0 type content.


- Looks from the forum like a few people have had problems with getting their recording synchronised, though I'm guessing that switching off the wqebcam would help with this.


- As with any site where students are asked to register and add a profile, be sure your students know how to protect their pivacy and personal information.


TEFL: miming, drama, theatre



Theatre:http://www.geocities.com/Shalyndria13/scenario.htm






Teaching Kids To Mime


Some children will feel comfortable about communicating through mime and others will find they are stretched. Here are some ideas for using mime in the classroom

* The teacher may sing a short song eg “went to bed and bumped his head and couldn’t get up in the morning.” The students respond by miming the song. They may want to challenge you the teacher to a mime.

* The teacher may mime a phrase or word and have the student choose a card from the floor that they think is the best fit.

* This activity will be very challenging. The old saying is that “you really do not know something until you have taught it.” Have the children teach each other art techniques by miming the instructions. The results can often be very creative.

* Arrange a sports game such as leader ball using only mime to give instructions.

* Play Pictionary by having one student mime a word and the class draw what they think it was.

* Pretend your body is like an attribute and mime how you would act. These attributes could be something like puffed out balloon, thin, wispy, watery, hot and shriveled.

* Pretend you are a snake and weave your way to the sand pit or art classroom

* Go on a trust walk without disturbing the birds and animals.

* Have the students create a poem and mime it

* With the class write a short skit and mime it

* You the teacher mime a short skit and have the children finish the story on paper in pairs. They can then come out and mime their creation.

* Create a collage story without talking. Workout the layout together by miming.

* Spread masks on the floor. Have the students choose a mask. They can mime the character the mask portrays.

* Have the students mime the experience of being an animal such as butterfly, caterpillar or duck.

* Mime a situation like being lost, finding a lost child, looking for a needle in a haystack.Film the miming session and deconstruct it with the class. Ask them for alternative recreations. Students can learn alot about 'ways of seeing' by doing these exercises.


Read more:



Miming games: Excellent game for eliciting description of actions and adjectives


Most often used to practice present & continuous tenses with prompting questions like, “What’s he doing?” Or to practice gerunds using questions like, “What does he like doing?” Miming games are also good for lessons about daily routines. For example mime your day and get students to describe what you are miming.


How to Play:

The teacher starts by miming an action and getting the students to guess what he is doing or what the action describes.


* After miming a few actions ask students to take turns miming actions and get the other students to guess. You can go as far as miming a story. This will blend in well with story adlibbing.Classroom Games & Activities: http://www.eslkidstuff.com/Classroomgamesframe.htm


http://www.cepgranada.org/~jmedina/articulos/n8_07/n8_31_2007.pdfhttp://www.hit.no/nxceng/content/view/full/11049/language/eng-GB