HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE YOUR CLASSES MORE ATTRACTIVE,

MEANINGFUL AND FUN

Prof. Samuel Fernández SaavedraUniversidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación

SOME PRINCIPLES WE MUST KEEP IN MIND WHEN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

- REMEMBER THAT ENGLISH IS A LANGUAGE NOT A REGULAR HIGH-SCHOOL SUBJECT

- ELIMINATE THE OBSTACLES S

- PRE-TEACH THOSE OBSTACLES S

- KEEP IN MIND THE PRINCIPLES OF PERTINENCE, COMMUNICABILITY, APPLICABILITY, AND USABILITY

- ACCEPT THE FACT THAT LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IS A PROCESS SIMILIAR TO MOTHER TONGUE ACQUISITION

- FACILITATE THE LEARNING OF THE GRAMMAR

- DO NOT TEACH EVERYTHING IN THE LESSON

- USE DIFFRENT TECHNIQUES TO TEACH THE VOCABULARY

- USE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT TECHNOLOGY GIVES YOU

DIALOG

READING PASSAGE

VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

PRONUNCIATION

VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

DIALOG

PRE-TEACHING OF

VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

PRONUNCIATION

TECHNIQUES

CHECKING THROUGH ACTIVITIES: games, crossword puzzles, scrambled words, computer-based

activities, letter soups, quizzes, etc

COMPRHENSIONQUESTIONS

AND ACTIVITIES

READING COMP.

PASSAGE

PRE-TEACHING OF

VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

TECHNIQUES

CHECKING THROUGH ACTIVITIES: games, crossword puzzles, scrambled words, computer-based

activities, letter soups, quizzes, etc

READING COMP.QUESTIONS

AND ACTIVITIES

TEACHABLE CHUNKS

JIGSAW- PUZZLE IDEA

LEARNING ROUTE, LEARNING MAP, OR LEARNING PATH