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E- penpals an extension of the F2F class . Teacher : Ida Sessarego Espeleta Teacher of English Duoc Viña del Mar Master in E ducational Technology Webhead . . I.- Objective. Make our students gain confidence as L2 learners
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E-penpalsanextension of the F2F class. Teacher : Ida SessaregoEspeleta Teacher of English Duoc Viña del Mar Master in EducationalTechnology Webhead.
I.- Objective Makeourstudentsgainconfidenceas L2 learners • byrunning a cultural and internationalexchangeactivity • withstudentsfromothercountries • usingthe web 2.0 technologies • fordiscussing general oracademictopics.
II. Activities 1.- Toget in touchwithan EFL teacherfromanother country. 2.- Torecruitvoluntarystudents, attracting the motivated ones. 3- Group them in teams of 4 people. (2 from Chile and 2 from abroad).
3.- Webpage for gathering and sharing the activities. Wiki, Blog or www.grouply.com
4.- Choose and post an interesting topic for discussion every week or every two weeks. • Introductions • Myfavoritemusic. • Pets • Ourcities and lives. • Technology • Internet. • Farewell. • .
5.- Topic : Technology. • I.- Watch this ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRRjg9yzijY and this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A19Te3kCmVEII.- Discussion questions : Speak to your partners on skype. • 1) What do you think of the ipad?2) How popular are they? Why?3) Do you want one? Why/Why not?4) Are they worth the money?5) What can you do with them?6) Should students use them? Why/Why not?7) What can it be used for?8) Will tablets kill off laptops? • III.- Summarizing. (UsingForums, Podcasting, Video recordingamongothers)
6.- GivingFeedback Teachershavetodesign a strategytogivefeedbacktotheirstudentsand tellthem in advance.
IV .- Bumps in theroad • Chileanstudents are more motivatediftheyget a grade. • Technicalproblemsto log intothe page. • No Internet accessamongthestudents. • (crashing -viruses, etc) (keepaneyetosuggestthemwhatto do) • Testingperiod– lowparticipation. • Time differences.
V.-ExpectedOutcomes • Share with a partnerand understandthatEnglish is a real languagethat can be usedwithothers. • Be more confidenttouse theircommunicationskills. • Interactionbetweenstudentsfromdifferent cultures and with a differentlanguage,but • similar lifeexperiences.
Sites • http://www.grouply.comweeklyactivities . • http://www.voxopop.comvoicerecording • http://www.tumblr.cominteraction and pictures • http://www.winkball.com/walls/Lmfi3-OnlxP1/culture (Farewell videos)