Review of CALL class

                                            -Review of CALL class-
 
  Throughout the first semester of TESOL program, I took a course called CALL, computer- assist language learning. The ultimate goal of this course is to learn useful technology tools, so it is able for teachers to teach students more efficiently by using technology in class. Every week, I learned how to use at least one useful tool. For mid-term project, a pair of students chose one application and introduced it to other class mates. This experience definitely helped me to extend my teaching skill. For final project, I created three lesson plans. I should include one short-semester and long-semester technology for each plan. After the project, I had a confidence that I can actually apply these technologies efficiently when teaching students and could have more chance to look up other helpful tools that I can use for educational purpose. I also liked getting to know a variety of technologies that I didn't know before. These tools will enable me to teach students in more interesting and efficient ways according to their ages and provide me with extensive useful teaching materials which can be helpful for teaching. Moreover, I liked using canvas for long semester technology. It was very convenient to use and saved a lot of time, because I can work on, check, and summit assignment through my smartphone any time and every where. I can also look up other students' blogger, so it is possible to share different ideas or opinion of others. However, it would be better, if we went over more technologies in class. We only went over one or two technology averagely. Also, I had a hard time to find cons of the technologies when reviewing them. Overall, this course was wonderful and one of my favorite course that I really enjoyed learning. I will take advantage of this course to teach my students in more efficient and a variety of ways by using the technologies. I will keep searching more technologies by myself and use them educationally.

Sample dialogue of student

A - Can I take your order?                              

B - Yes.  I'd like a slice of pizzas and small french fries.

A - And what would you like to drink?

B - I'd like a cup of orange juice, please.

(after the meal)

A - Would you like something for dessert?

B - Yes, I'll have the ice cream, please.  Would you like something else?

A - Can I also have this cake, please?

B - Sure. 

(after dessert)

A - Could I have the check, please?

B - Yes, here it is.

A - It's $23.55.  Here you are.

B - Thank you.  Come again.

A - Thank you. Goodbye.

Dialogue 2

A - May I take your order?                              

B - Yes.  I'd like the chicken and a side order of corn.

A - And what would you like to drink?

B - I'd like a cup of coffee, please.

A - And what would you like to order?   

C - I'll take the spaghetti and a salad.

A - What would you like to drink?

C - Just water, please.

(after the meal)

A - Would you like something for dessert?

B - Yes, I'll have the cake, please.  Would you like something?

C - No thanks.  I'm full.

(after dessert)

B - Could we have the check, please?

A - Yes, here it is.

B - Hmmm.  $23.55.  Here you are.

A - Thank you.  Come again.

B - Thank you. Goodbye.

Dialogue 1

Café worker: Next, please! What would you like?

Andi: Can I have a burger, please?
Café worker: A cheese burger or double cheese burger?
Andi: Double cheese burger, please.
Café worker: Anything else?
Andi: Yeah, I'd like some banana cake.
Café worker: Would you like a drink?
Andi: Yes, can I have an apple juice, please?
Café worker: OK, so that’s one double cheese burger, one banana cake and an apple juice. What’s your table number?
Andi: Table 3. How much is that?
Café worker: That’s $8.37, please.
Andi: Here you are.
Café worker: Thank you ... that’s $10.00 ... and $1.63 change. Next, please ...

-Review of Screen-o-matic-

                                         -Review of Screen-o-matic-

Today I learned how to use Screen-o-matic. This is a free online screen recording tool. It is free to install but you have to pay for a premium one that has better features. This tool enables you to record the screen and your voice while you are working on computer. Before starting recording, microphone is needed. Today, I demonstrated the editing music tool. First, I pushed the red button and explained and showed how to download and use the tool. Lastly, I saved it as mp4 file. It was really easy to use. The only thing I needed to do was to install and push the red button. You can pause whenever you need to and restart recording too. Also, you can control the size of the screen. After recording is finished, it is able to publish to u-tube, mp4 and AVI file so you can share the file with others. The only thing I didn’t like about is I need a microphone in order to use it. Overall, it is very useful and wonderful tool when teachers need to demonstrate something on computer. Also even students can use it to show how to do something that is complicated to explain in words. I definitely would use it for educational purpose in the future and am willing to learn more in-depth later. 

-Review of COCA-

                                              -Review of COCA-

 I got to know another useful web-site and learned how to use it last week called COCA, corpus of contemporary American English. It is a web-site that contains more than 450 million words that are searchable. After searching words, you can see how the words are used in different genres such as magazines, books and poem etc. and check frequency information of the words. After using this site, I really liked that I could find out how frequent the words that I searched were used and in where they were used. In addition, I could use it for free. However, it was so complicated to use because I have to know the instruction in order to use it properly and the instruction is not provided in the web-site. Also, it looks very boring and busy to use, because it has tons of texts. Overall, I think I would only use it for educational purpose. It will be useful to use when I need to make a quiz or test. I can just use the sentences from the site. However, I don’t think it is easy for students to use. It will be somewhat challenged to use but it would be great if students know how to use it. 

-Corpus assignment-

● Assignment ●

① Copy assignment and attatch on your Google Docs

② Find out To-infinitive phrases and Gerund phrases using COCA

③ Fill in the chart below and write five sentences form COCA

④ Share and attatch on assingment submit in canvas

VERB
keep	mind	love	promise	begin	expect
avoid	decide	delay	continue	put off	plan
To-infinitive		Gerund		Both
decide expect plan promise		avoid  mind put off  delay keep		love  begin continue

▶ And when they leave their table to take action, we decide to jump in before someone gets hurt.

▶ some general education students even appeared to cross to the other side of the hallways to avoid interacting with students.

▶ Rees didn't expect to be in the area for very long but he said politely.

▶ But pleasure may be the main reason I keep memorizing poems.

▶ I love working with students as they contribute to these efforts and create their own web-based knowledge-building centers. 

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