Notes on MEI 5
Multimedia in English Instructions 多媒體輔助英語教學
Date: 3/19/2012
Instructor: Chin-Wen Chien 簡靜雯
Topic: Internet-based Project Work
Preview Chapter 6, How to use chat
Chat in language teaching
1. Link Ss form different countries in real time
2. Social lives + language exchange (Integrated)
3. Collaborative project work/homework/self-study activities
Types of chat
1. Test chat: ICQ/YM/MSN
2. Audio/voice chat: P2P communication (peer-to-peer), such as Skype
3. Public chat
4. Private chat: Instant Message (IM)
- chat: a tool that allow for synchronous/real-time communication over the internet
- the form of status/availability/phone texting
Educational Chats
1. Free topic chats
2. Collaborative, task-oriented chats
3. Informative/academic chats: exchange for perspectives
4. Practice chats: practice a specific function/form of language, or a specific skill or strategy
Chat Programs
- Facilities: webcam/headphone/computer/ reliable "broadband" connection/softwares/speaker/handset/microphones
Why use chat in language teaching? 5 questions on page 74
I. Does using text/video chat with learners improve their English?
- Studies to date seem to point too text chat providing opportunities for negotiating , seen as key to language acquisition by many linguists.
- Questions: doesn't follow the rule of face-to-face communication: overlapping/disjointed
- video chat is much better
II. What kind of English should learners use in chat?
- standard written English, but sometimes "abbreviated form" is more realistic
1. common abbreviation used in text chat
2. some basic rules of netiquette
3. turning taking: conventions
4. some language for specific purpose
Note: page 76
III. What technical skills do teachers and learners need to be able to use chat?
- Fact: nowadays learners are familiar with chat to communicate with family or friends
- typing ability: slower typists find it hard to contribute./typographical errors (typos)
IV. What benefits does the use of chat bring to the class?
- higher motivation to learners (maybe)
- creating variety
Reflection:
Nowadays, we focus on the "communication" of language, so we adopted "communicative approach". Communication in language teaching increasingly seemed to play a significant part. using chats can help bath students and teacher to create a more "realistic" environment for students to inquire language and to provide them opportunities of communication
V. Is it better to use text or voice chat with learners?
- text chats requires written (typed interaction), while voice chat relies on spoken interaction.
- Interactive features: whiteboard/power point/photos/video sharing
- advantages & disadvantages see page 77-78
How to start using text or voice chat with learners?
- staged approach
- real use of chat
- make clear your goals/tasks of using chats
- Invite Ss to help each other if there's any problem
- Intro/Explain/Create account: username and password/join contact list
- exchange personal information (for primary level learners)
Step 1: Install and learn to use the software
Step 2: A practice chat class: probably in pairs
Step 3: Contact with another class
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