MY CLASSROOM

LESSON 3: My classroom

(50 minutes)

For students between 12 and 14 years

Skills to be emphasized

Speaking, and writing.

Target vocabulary

All the things related with the classroom

Objectives

By the end of the class the students should be able to:

Ø Brainstorm about the parts of the classroom

Ø Describe a virtual classroom

Ø Speak about learning environment

Activity 1:

WARM UP  fill in the blanks with parts of the classroom

http://iteslj.org/cw/2/mg-classroom.html

(10 minutes)

1 Introduce the lesson

Tell the students there will be an exercise about the classroom and its parts. First tell the that they have to remember for 2 minutes about some parts of the class they know vey well, In order to type them

2 start the excercise

Remind the students this is just a game not a competition

First go to this page:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/languages/spelling2.htm

Second follow the instructions on the web site

3 Share one of your observations with the class

Share with the one of your observations you made about virtual class while you were surfing on the net. For example: I felt like investigating a lot about the different kind of classroom

4 Ask the students to share the information found on the net with the partners

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3326#a

5 Using the PC present some alternatives to learn some new vocabulary on the net for the target language

 Congratulate to all the students for their participation in class let them know that the class participation is very necessary in order to get confidence with the language

Activity 2: Presentation

(10 minutes)

Each student has to look for a word related with the class, but without repeating it

Activity 3: Practice

(10 minutes)

Using the internet students are going to look for some excercises in the American language in order to note the pronunciation, and after that they’ll copy them in a  digital document as a class work, and it to the teacher

Acidity 4: Debate

(10 minutes)

Tell the students the importance of the use of vocabulary, pronunciation and writing in a correct way about some parts of the class

Activity 5: Follow-up

(5 minutes)

(Homework)

v Tell the students to type a short list with all the parts of  a classroom with the correct pronunciation, simple sentences like Subject verb and a complement,  and to this email :
CALIWALLY_1737@YAHOO.ES

v There will be a small quiz about some vocabulary next class

sINTERNET QAND MULTIMEDIA Skype and videocalls

Skype is a prgrama where you can find a lot of people and practice the language just you have to download the program from the web and use it

here i will put some bad and positive things abot the skype : http://www.proz.com/forum/internet_for_translators/95807-skype%3A_advantages_and_disadvantages.html

It's easier to find more information in this link

VIDEOCALLS.- are used to comunicate between 2 people I personally suggest you to use YAHOO MESSENGER because it gives you the option to conect between 2 or more people at the same time and is very usefull in order to get in touch with your relatives, etc.

Also like all the services we have there's dos and donts you can find in this link : http://ezinearticles.com/?Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-Conference-Calling&id=352294

But some peple don't know how to use it I have put a link where you can see more information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFf4G6k4xyM

MY OWN PORTFOLIO

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

OF AMBATO

ENGLISH CAREER

INTERNET AND MULTIMEDIA

“PORTFOLIO”

Wilmer E. Burbano A.

V “U”

“FACEBOOK”

Ø Facebook. – This tool can help us in order to keep in touch with our learners through the chat it contains and also find some native speakers in the web. In order to get more information here you have the address to create an account: www.facebook.com/ or also here you are a page to help you to create an account: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5kNj61dxs

TWITTER

Ø Twitter. – is an excellent tool in order to get more confidence with the English language in the web also you can follow some institutes that teach just English like the Cambridge University, also you have a page to create your account: http://www.twitter.com/ with some helpful information from the web: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0xbjIE8cPM

HI5

Ø Hi5. - It`s used to share some information with others and find people who speaks or practice some foreign languages like the English, it can be used to keep in contact with some teachers that can help us with the language, here you are the address: http://www.hi5.com/ and also a guide to help you: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7i1pg3N-no

FROM EMAIL TO FACEBOOK

Ø From e-mail to Facebook.-is a tool in order to get our contacts from our email addresses to our facebook account in seconds for being in contact with then, if they don’t have an account yet, you can invite them to create one!!. This is the address: www.facebook.com and also a practical guide to use it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpdgM7lM60o

Ø Blogger

Ø Blogger. - is a web site where you can share your information about certain topic of your interest or find specific information you are looking for. Also here you have an extra information: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryb4VPSmKuo For more information visit: www.blogger.com.

INDEX

Ø Index. - This tool can maintain our contacts in a good way like in lists of family, friends, and some others we have contact with. For a small help you have to visit your main email account like yahoo, hotmail.etc : http://www.yahoo.es/ and here you have the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iApLbLpbuwc

PORTFOLIOS

Ø Portfolios. - It is good to keep in order our personal information and help the learners to develop the way of the knowledge and put in a organized way our documents to share with others. I have a page that can show you how t work in a portfolio: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T5M99RzwmU

Internet and multimedia resources

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Color FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
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