Thursday, January 28, 2010

week 4 entry

1. Why do you think evaluation of CALL courseware, websites, materials etc important?

it is important to evaluate all things related to CALL because first, technology keeps on changing at a very rapid pace. technology developed 5 years ago may not be relevant today. and to keep up-to-date with the current techno level, evaluations of CALL-related-thingy is necessary in order for the learning and teaching process in the classroom to be effective and updated to the current trends. thats what i think...

2. How do you think Hot Potatoes JCloze may help your students learn English?

very good question. hot potatoes is like a gift from god Himself. its a great software especially for language teachers trying to incorporate technology in the classroom.its easy to use, very simple interface. easily put, its teacher-and-student-friendly interface really makes it one of the best language software available for language teachers. kudos to the developer of hot potatoes. in relation to my students using jcloze as part of their language learning, i personally think they will gain much more insights if compared to the traditional pen and paper approach. moreover, they will definitely feel motivated doing their exercises using jcloze because at the end of the exercise, there is a total point in which jcloze automatically calculated for them. if i am given another chance to teach language in classroom, i will definitely, without any doubt will be using jcloze as my medium of exercise.

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