Computer-Based Teaching-discussing the Death Penalty

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Enhancing Motivation, Critical Thinking and AuthenticEnhancing Motivation, Critical Thinking and Authentic

Language Use Through an InternetLanguage Use Through an Internet--based Reading Lessonbased Reading Lesson

Marianthi Kotadaki,School Advisor for English Teachers in Achaia, Peloponnese


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MediaMedia--enriched envirinmentsenriched envirinments

Reappraisal ofReappraisal of traditionallytraditionally

implemented methodsimplemented methods


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COMPUTERS ARE VERSATILE TOOLSCOMPUTERS ARE VERSATILE TOOLS

Writing machinesWriting machines

Storage devicesStorage devices

Channels of authentic communicationChannels of authentic communication


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Why are computers used in the EFL class?Why are computers used in the EFL class?

ESTABLISHMENTESTABLISHMENT

OF REALOF REAL--WORLDWORLD

ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

FULFILMENT OF

LANGUAGE

OBJECTIVESG

U


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THE COMPUTER ASSIGNS LANGUAGETHE COMPUTER ASSIGNS LANGUAGE

LEARNING A BRAND NEW ROLELEARNING A BRAND NEW ROLE

Turning the class into a real world environmentTurning the class into a real world environment

Making learning enquiryMaking learning enquiry--basedbased

Making learning sociallyMaking learning socially--basedbased

Developing skills and strategiesDeveloping skills and strategies

Providing motivation for learningProviding motivation for learning


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THE LEARNERS PROFILE IN GREEK STATETHE LEARNERS PROFILE IN GREEK STATE

SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSSENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS22--3 hours of English per week3 hours of English per week

Crowded classesCrowded classes

Final periods on the timetableFinal periods on the timetable

TENOR EnglishTENOR English

carce o no use o ec no og cacarce o no use o ec no og ca

instructional materialsinstructional materials

Parallel evening private tuitionParallel evening private tuition

FATIGUE,FATIGUE,

PASSIVITY.PASSIVITY.

BOREDOM,BOREDOM,

REJECTION OF FL EDUCATION INREJECTION OF FL EDUCATION IN

SCHOOLSCHOOL


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TOTO

learn the language commonly encountered in the targetlearn the language commonly encountered in the target

situation they will perform insituation they will perform in

THE LEARNERS LANGUAGE NEEDSTHE LEARNERS LANGUAGE NEEDS

TOTO

grow a capacity for real language usegrow a capacity for real language use

TOTObecome alert to the language demands of the real worldbecome alert to the language demands of the real world

to cope with undefined eventualities in the future Widdowson, (1983)to cope with undefined eventualities in the future Widdowson, (1983)


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Language acts in the EFL class focus on their .Language acts in the EFL class focus on their .

DecodingDecodingthe meaning of written and spoken L2 textsthe meaning of written and spoken L2 texts

ProducinProducin similar ones in either modesimilar ones in either mode

EnactingEnacting++maintainingmaintaining communicative actscommunicative acts

Diversifying languageDiversifying languageaccording to various social contextsaccording to various social contexts

Developing capacityDeveloping capacityfor autonomous real world learningfor autonomous real world learning


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The means to this end are .The means to this end are .

authentic inputauthentic input

authentic tasksauthentic tasks

integrated use of languageintegrated use of language


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Computer use for language learningComputer use for language learning

The word processorThe word processor

The internetThe internet

The emailThe email


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A flexible writing aidA flexible writing aid

Fluency and accuracy practiceFluency and accuracy practice

The word processor in the EFL CLASSThe word processor in the EFL CLASS

Text formationText formation

Real world tasksReal world tasks

Collaborative learningCollaborative learning


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The InternetThe Internet

VISUAL STIMULIVISUAL STIMULIVOCABULARYVOCABULARY

INFORMATIONINFORMATION

AUDIOAUDIO

AND VIDEOAND VIDEO

MATERIALMATERIAL

LIVE TVLIVE TV

RADIORADIO

NEWSPAPERSNEWSPAPERS

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGEPROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGEFOR TEACHERSFOR TEACHERS


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The EmailThe Email

For informal writing (friends, relatives)For informal writing (friends, relatives)

For the dispatch and receipt of filed informationFor the dispatch and receipt of filed information

For formal writing (application form)For formal writing (application form)


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Enhancing Motivation, Critical Thinking and AuthenticEnhancing Motivation, Critical Thinking and Authentic

Language Use Through an InternetLanguage Use Through an Internet--based Reading Lessonbased Reading Lesson

THE SCHOOLTHE SCHOOL

CONTEXTCONTEXT

3RD grade senior secondary school

students

THE LEARNINGTHE LEARNING

to use the Internet as resource

to enrich cognitive and cultural background

OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES to foster authentic reading acts to stimulate interaction

to enhance motivation, critical thinking

and to instil interest in lesson procedures

THE LEARNINGTHE LEARNING

TOOLSTOOLS

the Internet

the Word Processor

the Email


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Skills and strategies usedSkills and strategies used

SKIMMING

SCANNING

INFERRING FROM CONTEXT &

CRITICAL THINKING

Through

Authentic texts and problem-solving writing tasks,

whose purpose is to immerse students in the reading

process


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Thematic contentThematic content

it is in accordance with the learners general cognitive development

it generates interest

it derives from authentic sources


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Working in the computer labWorking in the computer lab

2-3 students per computer in a

lab of 11 units

1 com uter as server

All units Internetlinked and

intra-linked (LAN)

Parallel use of word processor

Pre-, While-, Post-computer

framework


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Establishing the atmosphereEstablishing the atmosphere

WARM UP (5 min)

Discuss and reach an agreement

What penalty would you suggest for someone who hasWhat penalty would you suggest for someone who hasWhat penalty would you suggest for someone who hasWhat penalty would you suggest for someone who has

committed ..committed ..committed ..committed ..

a)a)a)a) Kidnapping ?Kidnapping ?Kidnapping ?Kidnapping ?

b)b)b)b) Kidnapping and murdering the victim in Greece andKidnapping and murdering the victim in Greece andKidnapping and murdering the victim in Greece andKidnapping and murdering the victim in Greece and

the USAthe USAthe USAthe USA ????


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a. Pre-computer stage

(7 min. for both Activity 1 and Activity 2)

Activity 1

Which methods of execution do the pictures show?

1 2 3 4


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Descriptions of Execution Methods

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Lethal Injection

Electrocution

Firing Squad

Hanging

See also:

Methods of Execution by State

Botched Executions

Lethal Injection

In 1977, Oklahoma became the first state to adopt lethal injection as a means ofexecution, though it would be five more years until Charles Brooks would become thefirst erson executed b lethal in ection in Texas on December 2 1982. Toda 37 of


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a. Pre-computer stage

Activity 2

Skim the descriptions of the lethal injection and electrocution

methods and complete the following chart putting a cross ( X )

where necessary

Lethal injection Electrocution

It is common nowadays

The prisoner is strapped

The prisoner suffers visibly

Chemical substances are used

The prisoner is unaware of

oncoming death


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WhileWhileWhileWhile----computer stagecomputer stagecomputer stagecomputer stage

Activity 3 (6 minutes)Read the Crime passage and put the sentences in their right order.

Tucker tells her friends she enjoyed killing Dean.

Tucker spends two days using alcohol and drugs.

.

Tucker and her friends sneak into Deans, her ex-boyfriends house.

Dean is attacked by Tucker and then murdered by Garett.

The court gives Tucker the death penalty for a double murder.

Tucker also wounds Deans girlfriend, Deborah.

Deborah is murdered by Garett.

A M i l t K l F T k


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A M e m o r i a l t o K a r l a F a y e T u c k e r

B r o w n E x e c u t e d b y t h e S t a t e o f T e x a s

o n

F e b r u a r y 3 r d 1 9 9 8

J u s t t h e F a c t s

M y O p i n i o n s

O t h e r L i n k s

P r e s . B u s h

M o c k s

T u c k e r ' s

C l e m e n c y P l e a M y T e x a s

Q u a r t e r D e s i g n

C o n s i s t e n t L i f e

E t h i c W e b r i n g

O n F e b r u a r y 3 r d o f 1 9 9 8 , t h e S t a t e o f T e x a s e x e c u t e d K a r l a F a y e

T u c k e r B r o w n f o r h e r p a r t i n 2 e x t r e m e l y b r u t a l m u r d e r s c o m m i t t e d

i n 1 9 8 3 . M e d i a c o v e r a g e o f h e r e x e c u t i o n c e n t e r e d o n s e v e r a l f a c t o r s :

K a r l a w o u l d b e t h e f i r s t w o m a n e x e c u t e d b y T e x a s s i n c e t h e

1 8 6 0 ' s

K a r l a w a s a w o m a n ( a n d a p r e t t y o n e , a t t h a t )

K a r l a w a s a b o r n - a g a i n C h r i s t i a n

W e w e r e f l o o d e d w i t h a l l s o r t s o f i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t K a r l a ' s l i f e a n dg o t t o k n o w h e r . S h e ' s a n e x t r e m e l y d e e p p e r s o n . H e r l i f e h a s b e e n

t h r o u g h s u c h e x t r e m e s t h a t i t b o g g l e s m y m i n d : a c h i l d h o o d f u l l o f

a b u s e a n d n e g l e c t , a y o u t h i m m e r s e d i n a w o r l d o f d r u g s a n d

i m m o r a l i t y , a s e n s a t i o n a l b r u t a l c r i m e y i e l d i n g s o c i e t y ' s u l t i m a t e

p u n i s h m e n t , p e r s o n a l r e d e m p t i o n , g u i l t , p a i n , f a c i n g o n e ' s d e a t h .

R e g a r d l e s s o f h e r p a t h i n l i f e , K a r l a ' s f i n a l d e s t i n a t i o n w a s a p l a c e

. . , .

Y e s , w e g o t t o k n o w q u i t e a l o t a b o u t K a r l a .

W e s h o u l d n o t f o r g e t t h e v i c t i m s i n t h i s c a s e : J e r r y L y n n D e a n a n dD e b o r a h T h o r n t o n . T h e i r l i v e s w e r e c u t s h o r t b y K a r l a a n d h e r

a c c o m p l i c e i n a m o s t b r u t a l m a n n e r . W h i l e I a m p h i l o s o p h i c a l l y

o p p o s e d t o t h e d e a t h p e n a l t y , I c a n e a s i l y u n d e r s t a n d w h y t h e j u d g e

s e n t e n c e d K a r l a t o d i e . H a d " t h a t K a r l a " e x i s t e d t o d a y , f e w p e o p l e

w o u l d h a v e m o u r n e d h e r e x e c u t i o n . B u t 1 5 y e a r s p a s s e d b e t w e e n

K a r l a ' s s e n t e n c i n g a n d h e r d e a t h . I n t h a t t i m e , I b e l i e v e K a r l a h a d

r e h a b i l i t a t e d a n d w a s n o l o n g e r a t h r e a t t o S o c i e t y . W i t h a l l d u e

r e s p e c t t o t h e v i c t i m s a n d t h e i r f a m i l i e s , a t t h e t i m e o f h e r e x e c u t i o n

n o c i v i l i z e d b e n e f i t w a s d e r i v e d f r o m K a r l a ' s d e a t h . K a r l a d e s i r e d m e r c y f r o m T e x a s . S h e w a s n ' t a s k i n g f o r f r e e d o m ; o n l y

t o s p e n d t h e r e s t o f h e r l i f e i n p r i s o n w o r k i n g h e r v e r y s p e c i a l

m i n i s t r y t o i n m a t e s .

K a r l a w a s r e f u s e d m e r c y a n d h e r l i f e w a s e x t i n g u i s h e d . T h i s w e b s i t e

s e r v e s t o h i g h l i g h t t h e i n j u s t i c e o f h e r e x e c u t i o n a s w e l l a s b e i n g m y

h u m b l e a t t e m p t t o h o n o r t h e p e r s o n K a r l a h a d b e c o m e : a c a r i n g a n d

g i v i n g p e r s o n . . . a m e n t c h . H e r v e h i c l e w a s C h r i s t i a n i t y a n d , a l t h o u g h

I a m n o t C h r i s t i a n , I r e s p e c t h e r j o u r n e y . I t r i u m p h i n h e r s e l f -

t r a n s f o r m a t i o n a n d d e e p l y r e g r e t h e r d e a t h .

T h e w o r l d i s a s a d d e r p l a c e w i t h o u t K a r l a F a y e T u c k e r .


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Read the Memorial passage carefully and correct the following

passage which summarises the content of the webpage.

WhileWhileWhileWhile----computer stagecomputer stagecomputer stagecomputer stage

Activity 4 (10 minutes)

.

The writer is for Tuckers execution saying that she only

robbed two strangers ithout hurting them. He believes thatthe court has shown justice, because Tucker has been a

devoted criminal since her young age. It is true that Tucker

has asked to be released and return home, but the state of

Illinois has refused and sentenced her instead to death by

electrocution. The writer regrets her death but wants to

remind people that mercy should never be granted to

murderers like Tucker.


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Read the text again, discuss with your partner and make up a

list of all the serious reasons for NOT executing Tucker.

While-computer stage


SERIOUS REASONS FOR NOT EXECUTING TUCKERSERIOUS REASONS FOR NOT EXECUTING TUCKERSERIOUS REASONS FOR NOT EXECUTING TUCKERSERIOUS REASONS FOR NOT EXECUTING TUCKER

1.1.1.1. ........

2.. ..2.. ..2.. ..2.. ..

3. 3. 3. 3.

4. 4. 4. 4.


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You are a priest who got to know Tucker in

prison. Write a short letter of appeal and

send it by email to the Supreme Court

Post-computer stage


to live.


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an appropriate and effective methodology

relevance and authenticity of materials

re evance an aut ent c ty o tas sa change of roles between Teacher and Learne

a natural way of learning a foreign language

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Computer-Based Teaching-discussing the Death Penalty