Sunday, October 25, 2009

A sample voice thread

A sample tag cloud (from the wordle.net)

Wordle: Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling

Tag clouds (from the wordlenet)

Dear FLE 304 members,
The folowing is a useful technique that you can use at the pre- and post-reading stages of teaching reading. You can go to website http://www.wordle.net/ and click on the icon"create your own". Then paste your text and click on the icon"go". You will get a nice design full of key words in the text. Please comment on how we can use this technique in teaching reading.

Self-evaluation of the reading presentations

Dear FLE 304 members,
Please evaluate your own performance as a pair/group by referring to each of the aspects the self-evaluation sheet that your instructor has provided for you. You need to make comments on the preparation stage and the actual teaching stage and the audience's perceptions of your presentation.

Evaluation of the reading skill presentations of your peers

Dear FLE 304 members,
Please comment on the successful aspects of the reading presentations of your peers that you have observed and the aspects that need to be improved.
Also evaluate the presentations in terms of the following aspects: the aim of the lesson, the level of active student participation in the lesson, the clarity of the stages, the use of audio/visual aids, the interest level of students, the pacing of the material, the variety of pair/group/individual activities, the clarity of instructions, and the presenters' use of English, the presenters' oral performance in English and their presentation skills.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Evaluation of the applicability and effectiveness of the webquests as an alternative teaching technique

Dear FLE 304 members,
What do you think of the extent of applicability of the webquests to the teaching of EFL reading in Turkey? In what ways do you think the use of webquests can enhance the quality of the teaching of EFL reading? What do you think are the potential drawbacks related to this technique?