Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Making Video Software
I'm sitting in the classroom trying to learn how to make a movie by using Pinnacle software. Without having access to the software, we are watching the instructor editing the movie by watching it on the projector. I began to see how this "passive learning" could happen to students in a language classroom. It became clear to me that it's meaningless when not providing students the access to what you are teaching. What would be a few bad examples when it comes to teaching a foreign language?
1. Teach pronunciation with a chart
2. Teach new sentence structures with a PowerPoint presentation
3. Teach a new dialogue with video clips
What would be a good way to engage students?
1. Teach a simple song (head, shoulders, knees and toes)/rhyme (ma ma ma ma) /skit (He le ma?)
2. Give scenarios and ask student to perform to provide the sentence structures. (qing ni jiao wo zenme _____)
3. Still trying to figure this one out!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
How to teach a language?
There is no easy answer to this broad question. I have always believed that a language teacher "facilitates" the process of learning. But what exactly does a teacher facilitate? In other words, can learning really be facilitated?
Sunday, February 7, 2010
MyStudiyo (a new friend)
A few days ago, I stumbled upon this new web2.0 tool called MyStudiyo. Not knowing much about it, I went online and gave it a try. It is fairly easy and seems to be quite easy to maneuver. I am particularly happy as I have been trying to find a way to provide preview to show a new language topic. I just created a quiz titled "第六課“ intended to introduce my CFL (Chinese as a Foreign Language) students to Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part I Lesson 6 (making appointments). Check it out!
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