Introduction

Hello, I’m a a 4th year student of the

English Teaching Program at Universidad Arturo Prat.

The subject "Audiovisual media & CALL"

gave me the opportunity to learn about

the use of technology for teaching EFL,

and I want to share with you some

of the topics that we saw during the semester.

I hope you enjoy this material!

Objective

The idea is to share some of the activities

that we did in class that might be useful

for other students in this big task called education

Conclusion

I can say that in this subject I learned a lot

about using technology for teaching EFL.

I especially liked the topics about

the creation of videos (video edition) and audio.

And I like to make  a special mention to

the smart kid that taught us a new app for our phones.

Smart kid!

This is an example of the power of technology.
We had a class with a boy that taught us about
a new app for our phones. It was a very
interesting lesson, and it is an example
of our mission as future teachers. There is
a lot of talent in the world and we have
to put our effort in giving the stimulus
to our students and learn from them.

Congratulations to that smart kid!!

Introduction to film grammar

The creation of  a film is a very hard work. This website

has some technical recommendations in order to learn to film.

https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar/

storytelling/film-grammar/v/film-grammar-overview

What we have to know is that patience is the key word
in the world of cinema, and we can definitely say that
behind a second there are many hours of hard work

I would like to share this video from one of my
favorite movie directors

It’s Comic Time!!

I found this activity very interesting and

useful for expressing our creativity.

Using the websites provided by the teacher

we had the opportunity to create our own

comics in a very simple way. These are the links:

http://www.toondoo.com

https://www.pixton.com/es/

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com

https://www.canva.com/create/comic-strips/

I really enjoyed the activity and this is my

comic:

Identifying Our Approaches to Language Learning Technologies: Improving Professional Development

A very interesting article about using technology in the classroom,

commonly referred to as Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)

To help us analyze the article we have some questions as a guide to

write our reactions to the reading.

1- Are you a determinist, an instrumental or a critical user? What makes you classify yourself in a certain category? Explain

I agree with the instrumental position. For me technology is a tool,

a very powerful tool, but it depends on the way we use it, so if the

teacher masters the technology, he will obtain the best results

from his students. The abilities of the teacher are  the base for

the effective language learning. Technology is a part of the

learning process, we have to find the way to get the best from

technology and the best from our students in every lesson.

2- What is the utility of this framework for a language teacher? Analyse from different perspectives

The utility of this framework for laguage teachers is to use

technology in the language learning classroom in the most

productive and rational way possible.

The idea is that teachers can achieve different goals such us:

• developing comfort with language learning technologies
• to design instruction according to sound SLA principles
• to critically consider the sociocultural impacts of

technology integration.

3- Appply Warschauer’s model to professional development to yourself (take the test) and leave your comments. Do you agree on the resuts? Why or why not?

According to the test I'm definitely part of the instrumental

position. I agree with the results, and I think that the reason

is what I expressed before, the teacher can obtain the best

benefits of technology if he has the ability to use it. So, we

need to be well prepared to transmit the knowledge to our

students in an attractive way. And of course, it is necessary

to have the resources and good technology, but for me, the

most important resources are those who are part of the

creativity of the teacher.

4- What goals do you set to yourself in the future in terms of technology in the EFL classroom?

We all know that technology goes very fast. Every day there

are new ideas and applications in order to simplify our lives.

I would apply technology in the EFL  class in order to be

connect with native speakers, I would dedicate an entire

subject for speaking with English native speakers. As a

practice it would be very useful. I would like to create an

integrated system of subjects with English-speaking

Universities, that would be a big advance for the learning

process of EFL. I'm sure that we will have this system in

a near future.