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sábado, 21 de abril de 2012

Seventh week


   This week was really productive. My teacher began the class with a power point presentation about teaching listening which has many mistakes so, she gave as some recommendations to improve our power point presentations like: to use just key phrases about topic, avoid using to much text on the slide, use contrasting colors for the text and background for easy reading. Another important thing avoids using animations because the audience does not pay attention to the message of the presentation, etc.


Furthermore, I also learned how to teach speaking. Speaking is one the most important skills. The aim of speaking is communication and that does not require perfect English. Break the silence is the better way to develop it. We cam improves this skill through many activities such as: role-plays, information gap activities, telling stories, debates, etc. For more information about power point you can visit this site.
http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/splane_m/PresentationTips.htm

sábado, 14 de abril de 2012

Sixth week


Today, internet plays an important role in education .It provides a lot of tools and techniques to improve the learning .I offers a great way for teachers and students to interact whit each other, make research on projects, and manipulate date. This useful information was displayed us by my teacher and her colleague Gabriela Lopez through a power point presentation about the use of technology in EFL classroom. They talked about some tools such as: delicious, it is a social book-marking site that allows teachers and students to share bookmarks for more information you can visit this site http://delicious.com/browse?category_id=12  NoodTetools  provides a free software for teachers and students where they can access a useful library subscription for different purposes, http://www.noodletools.com/. Nicenet is a nonprofit organization that provides classroom internet assistant  if you want to know more visit this site    http://www.nicenet.org/  .In conclusion , the information that my teachers shared us  was really helpful  in order to understand how through this powerful tool teachers and students can improve your knowledge