CALL Lessons 2005-2007

A blog for the CALL lessons with my three 5th and 6th grade classes (2005-2007)

Report on CALL lesson 4

Each class was very motivated and had a wonderful time carrying out their task. One volunteer student was at the board and another at the computer. Those who gave ideas sometimes made minor mistakes and, as usual, I guided them to self-correction. In case this doesn't work, then I ask for peer correction. All others copy what is on the board into their notebooks. Many of the students have good ideas, but there are always those who will be quiet, almost always. However, I have a feeling that they are all getting something out of these lessons.

With Tuesday's task I tried to have them revise structures and vocabulary they've learned while at the same time learn new vocabulary. I added the pictures and the sound files after class, because there isn't time for everything. Not all students speak as well as the two girls in the recordings, but... they were volunteers, not picked out by me. Though they volunteered, they were nervous at first. I told them that it was natural, but asked them to relax, speak naturally and carry on if they made any mistake while reading, because that's also natural. We all do that.

I believe that what really motivates these students is working for a real audience - in this case, for two colleagues also learning English, and for teachers who have been interacting with them -, working with the computer, self-publishing their work, seeing it at once on the Web, and then getting comments from people all over the world.

As usual, we used the wireless connection . We were in Sala TIC with my laptop and a video projector projecting onto a whiteboard.

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