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Writers: Jaime Jair Flix jair24_mx@yahoo.com Jose Alonso Gaxiola jalonsog@yahoo.com Before you work through the activities in each distance unit, you should take time to look through Section 0. Aims: et an overview of the su!ject structure and content Become familiar with the o!jectives of the su!ject "sta!lish how the o!jectives are em# !odied in the different su!ject sections and in the assessment tasks et a !etter idea of what you are !eing asked to do !efore, during and after each unit of the su!ject
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et a !etter idea of what resources you will !e using $ecide on what, for you, will !e the key resources for the su!ject, using the annotated !i!liogra%hy and you own investigations &lan your time and study strategies on a weekly !asis

Content and Structure 'he uide has the following com# %onents: (. )u!ject overview 2. *!jectives +. 'o%ics and descri%tions 4. 'asks and activities ,. -eading . -esources /. )tudy %lanning information and sug# gestions

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Introduction

0.1 Overview 0 %rimary goal of education is the develo%ing of students who !elieve in their a!ility to !e successful thinkers. 'he environment in which that education occurs is vitally im#%ortant. 1entral to that environment is an atmos%here in which students and students2 ideas are res%ected and valued. 0chieving that environment is the res%onsi!ility of the classroom teacher, the school system, and the community. 'eaching and 3earning 4meet4 in the teach#ing and learning environment. Building a good learning environment means taking into account !oth the %sychologist5s and the instructionalist5s %ers%ectives.

-esearch can give us some insights on how to !uild a good learning and teaching en#vironment. 0 learning environment is 6uite different from traditional course#ware !ased on a se6uence of 6uestions, answers and feed!ack. 'he !est known exam%le of a learning environment is a flight simulator: the learner does not answer 6uestions a!out how to %ilot an aircraft7 he learns how to !ehave like a 8real4 %ilot in a rich flying context. "x%erience with learning en#vironments showed that those systems gain efficiency if the learner is not left on his own !ut receives some assistance. 3earning is also increased when two or more learners work together on a %ro!lem. 'his assistance or co# learner function may !e %rovided !y humans or !y some system com%onents. 9n our flight simulator exam%le, the future %ilot would gain from discussing his actions with an ex%erienced %ilot.
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'his course will give you some insights on the axial com%onents of a good teaching and learning environment, and will analy:e them in detail.

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Su!"ect O!"ectives

By the end of this su!ject, you should Be a!le to identify key characteristics of a good teaching and learning environment. Be a!le to list and ex%lain the main com#%onents of a good teaching and learning environment Be a!le to understand how such com#%onents interact to create an efficient environment Be a!le to analy:e your own teaching and learning environment

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Su!"ect Structure

'his su!ject is organi:ed as follows: $nit 1 Classroom Language $nit Interaction between Teachers and Students $nit # Classroom Resources $nit % The Mexican Setting $nit & Virtual Learning Environments

0.% $nits Content $nit 1 Classroom 'an(ua(e 1.1 'he &ur%ose of 'eacher 'alk in the 3anguage 1lassroom (.2 'he ;se of "nglish to 'each "nglish (.+ 'he ;se of <other 'ongue (.4 )ocial "nglish $nit Interaction )etween *eac+ers , Students 2.( 'he -oles of 'eachers 2.2 $escri!ing )tudents 2.2. ( 0ge 2.2.2 3earning )tyles

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$nit # Interaction in t+e 'an(ua(e Classroom-one ste. !e/ond +.( 'he 'eacher2s 0ction =one +.2 9nteractional 1om%etence +.+ 3earner 9nteractional &atterns +.4 rou%ing 0rrangements $nit % *+e 0exican Context 4.(. 'he 'raditional <exican 'eaching 1on#text 4.(.(. 'he 1urrent )ituation 4.(.2. 'he >ational $evelo%ment <o#del and "ducation 4.(.+. 'he <exican )ection of the 'ri#lateral 1oalition in $efense of &u!lic "ducation 4.2. Beliefs a!out 'eaching and 3earning 4.+. 1reating "#learning 1entres 4.+.(. 0ction &oints. The Needs.

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$nit & 1irtual 'earnin( 2nvironments ,.(. ?irtual 3earning "nvironments ,.(.(. ?irtual 3earning "nvironments in the 3anguage )chool ,.(.2. 0dvantages of ?irtual 3earning "nvironments for 'utors ,.(.+. ;sing a ?irtual 3earning "n# vironment ,.2. 0%%roaches to 3earning and 'eaching with 'echnology ,.2.(. 'heories of 3earning and 'eaching ,.2.2. 'he 9m%act of ?irtual 3earning "nvironments on the -oles of 'utors and 3earners ,.2.+ )ummary of the 0%%roaches to 1ourse design with 'eaching ,.+3earning with a ?irtual 3earning "nvironment ,.+.(. Benefits for 3earners ,.+.2. 0ccessi!ility @eatures within a ?3"
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,.+.+. 9ssues when ;sing ?3"s

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Evaluation Criteria: 2ver/ wee34 /ou s+ould5 Aread carefully Apost Byour %ost must !e +CC words or more and focused on the to%icD Anot plagiarize Botherwise, your %ost will not !e taken into your final gradeD. ;se your own words. Areply to one of your e#mates Byour re%ly must !e more than (C words and focused on the to%icD

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Im.ortant: <ake sure youA Ado not offend anyone. A%ost and re%ly on time Bor your %artici%ation will not !e taken into your final gradeD Aread your e#mail in!ox everyday, at least once. Aavoid using ca%ital letters Bu%%er#case lettersD unnecessarily. ;sing only ca%ital letters is not %olite7 it means you are shouting at everyone who reads what you write. Atell the coordinator when you are having %ro!lems to access the virtual classroom.

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Eelcome to this 2nd )emesterF 92ll !e glad to answer your 6uestions and listen to your com%laints, o%inions, and comments. Carlos 6a7l '8.e9 6e:ti(a creati(a;(mail.com

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