USING ICT FOR

LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
 OUR WORK PLAN FOR TODAY
◦ Identifying key challenges – using
technology to handle classroom challenges
◦ Brainstorming
◦ Tools for teaching
◦ Tools for testing
◦ (We hope to have lots of peer and group
activities so we can pool all our experiences and
resources)

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• What comes to mind when you hear the word
“technology”?
• Did you imagine computers? Smart phones? Apps?
• Or perhaps GPS? The Wifi? Internet? TV?
• Netflix, anyone?
 ACTIVITY
Step 1: In your group, brainstorm and identify 5
classroom challenges that are prominent in your
teaching context. Time: 10 min

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Classroom
Challenges

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Step 2: Brainstorm in your group and identify
at least two tools of technology that you think
can use to handle the challenge. Time: 15min
 GALLERY WALK

Step 3: Put your posters up on walls for other

groups to see and offer their suggestions.
Add 1 more technological tool which you think
can help them. Time - 10 min.
As Chapelle (2007) points it out, technology will
continue to influence every aspect of the lives of
language learners, including their formal as well as
informal language learning experiences.
 THINK - PAIR - SHARE
• What does technology do better?
• What can technology achieve that other
resources cannot?
 RESEARCH ON EDUCATION
TECHNOLOGY INDICATES THAT

• 96 percent of teachers think technology in the classroom boosts

student engagement.
• 86 percent of teachers believe classroom tech to be important and
essential.
• 89 percent of teachers believe that technology in the classroom will
increase student outcomes.
• 92 percent of teachers would like more tech in their classroom.
 QUIZ
Fill in the blanks

“Students today depend on ________ too

much. They don’t know how to write
______”

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 ANSWER
“Students today depend on paper too
much. They don’t know how to write on
a slate without getting chalk dust all
over them.”

- Principals Association, London, 1815

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BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY
IN BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
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WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH

TECHNOLOGY IN THE LANGUAGE
CLASSROOM?
• Can be used as:
• an instructional tool in the classroom
• a delivery system for learner instruction
• as instructional content itself
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“ TRADITIONAL” TECHNOLOGY
TOOLS

• Stereos & televisions

• Overhead projectors & document cameras
• Audiotapes & CDs
• Videotapes & DVDs
• Cameras & camcorders
• Telephones
• Using Movies and TV Shows
• Creating activities to go along with video
• Adapting video
• Using video as something other than a “filler”
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“NEW” TECHNOLOGY
TOOLS
•  Computers, data projectors, and the Internet
• Stand-alone software
• MP3 players
• Podcasts
• iTunes
• Handhelds & cell phones
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SUGGESTIONS FOR
ONLINE LEARNING
• We need to consider how learning will be affected by using an
online environment
• suggestions for effective use of the web for online learning:
• provide access to rich sources of information
• encourage meaningful interaction with content
• bring people together to challenge, support, or respond to each
other (Wilson & Lowry, 2000) 
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TOOLS FOR TEACHING

 DIGITAL PEDAGOGY -
COMPONENTS
Hardware Software
• Desktop Computers • Network
• Laptops • Updated OS
• Projectors/Speakers • Virtual Learning Platform /
• Tablets Course Management System /
Learning Management System
• Smart phones / Digital Teaching Platform
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MORE TOOLS
• Course Management Software
• Blogs ( Blogger , Wordpress )
• Podcasts
• Wikis ( pbwiki , Wikispaces , Wetpaint )Website design
• Forums
• Chat or telephony services
 MATERIALS
• breakingnewsenglish
• film-english
• learnenglishteens
• Dave’s esl café
• Onestopenglish
• Everything ESL
• Elllo (Listening)
• Studyzone
• Online Writing Lab from Purdue University
• Englishclub
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LISTENING
• Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening – Listening activities organized by
length (short/long) or topic (general/academic).
• Students listen to a sound file(with or without caption) and then
answer questions about the dialogue they've heard.
• Arlyn Freed's ESL/EFL Listening Resources - Includes reviews of
the web sites listed, noting the forms of technology used, pros and
cons about the site/material, and suggestions for listening.
• Listening Practice from esl.about.com – Listening practices for
learners of different proficiency levels with accent listening gallery
and listening lesson plans.
• English Listening Room – Listen to songs and fill in the blanks.
 ADDITIONAL WEBSITES

• Soundcloud
• Blinkist
• Speechyard
• Englishcentral
• ESOL courses
• Examenglish
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PRONUNCIATION &
SPEAKING
• English Pronunciation – Demo pronunciation lessons with
instructions and QuickTime movie on how to pronounce individual
sound, and activities such as tongue twisters, minimal pair
distinction and dictation.
• Sounds of English – Online resources on the pronunciation of pairs
of sounds in text, audio and graphic formats.
• BBC Education – Varieties of games with animation and audio on
the basic phonics such as consonant cluster, CVC words and long
vowels.
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READING &
VOCABULARY
• Vocabulary for ELLs - a collection of links for learners from Ohio
ESL.
• Online Books – LIBGEN
• Reading Activities - Puzzlemaker
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WRITING
• Writing Guidelines – Online resources of guidelines on different
genres of writing (tips, sample writings, etc.).
• Paragraph Punch – An educational software that guide learners
step by step through the whole process of writing a passage.
• Writing Den – Writing tips and quizzes at word, sentence, and
paragraph levels to help learners to improve their writing skills.
 LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(OR LMS)
• A new ecology for a new educational era
• The new educational era is no longer in the future
• The future is already here
• What we see as technology, our students see as living
• Gadgets have become prosthetics
 WHAT IS AN LMS?

A software application which helps teachers create, manage, deliver

and assess learning content to a small or large group of learners
It can be used to totally or partially replace face-to-face teaching
Moodle, Canvas, Versa, Obaverse
TOOLS FOR TESTING

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USING GOOGLE FORMS

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 HYPERLINK

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◦ Thank you

◦ Questions

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