Internet for English teaching
The article states that there are many advantages on using internet for English teaching. It enhances active and creative mastery, autonomous learning, collaborative learning, cross-cultural learning and critical learning.
Nowadays, internets are widely used in our daily life. How can we make good use of internet to enhance our English teaching? In my teaching practice, sometimes I introduce some good websites to students for their independent learning. If they spend time on it, I am sure they will learn more. The problem is most primary school kids like playing games on internet than that of learning.
I also like the idea of using internet when asking students to do a project. Students work together on a topic. They search information and they do an oral presentation on the topic. However, students can obtain so much information from internet and they don’t know how to select the essential piece of information for the topic. Also, plagiarism becomes the problem I concern most.
On the other hand, my school has joined an online writing programme this year. Students can access to a forum where they share and publish their own writing in a collaborative approach of learning. They can also read others’ writing and give comments as well. I think the programme effectively stimulates students’ reading and writing interest.
In my opinion, internet has its positive and negative impact on students’ learning. It really depends on how we use it. Guidance and support are very important to young learners.
The article states that there are many advantages on using internet for English teaching. It enhances active and creative mastery, autonomous learning, collaborative learning, cross-cultural learning and critical learning.
Nowadays, internets are widely used in our daily life. How can we make good use of internet to enhance our English teaching? In my teaching practice, sometimes I introduce some good websites to students for their independent learning. If they spend time on it, I am sure they will learn more. The problem is most primary school kids like playing games on internet than that of learning.
I also like the idea of using internet when asking students to do a project. Students work together on a topic. They search information and they do an oral presentation on the topic. However, students can obtain so much information from internet and they don’t know how to select the essential piece of information for the topic. Also, plagiarism becomes the problem I concern most.
On the other hand, my school has joined an online writing programme this year. Students can access to a forum where they share and publish their own writing in a collaborative approach of learning. They can also read others’ writing and give comments as well. I think the programme effectively stimulates students’ reading and writing interest.
In my opinion, internet has its positive and negative impact on students’ learning. It really depends on how we use it. Guidance and support are very important to young learners.
1 comment:
You mention a lot of very good points. Do you think that our teaching adequately prepares students for a world in which internet communication has become so dominant? What else could we do?
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