Using Technology in Language Teaching

How did I feel after the session? Although we already finished the course of Action Research before, I still felt a bit anxious about the tight schedule for the final assignment of our group. However, after listening to other groups presenting their action research project and Ms. Huong's feedbacks, I felt a little bit more confident about the prospect that we could finish in time if we stick to the plan that we agreed upon.  What did I learn? I learnt about how we were expected to write our reports and how our reports would be scored. I found the project checklist very useful too. Everything was very clear thanks to all documents provided by our instructor. I plan to do the same with all tasks/ assignments that I give my students in the future at more simplified version, of course.  I learnt from our own exprerience working on group work assignment  this time that if teachers set clear goals for students and give them necessary tools, students become more responsibl...

 How did I feel? I feel hopeful about the potential of implementing flipped learning in my own classes thanks to the reading materials introducing different types of flipped learning as well as tools and apps for flipped learning implementation. What did I learn? Before learning this module, I though flipped learning equals  role-reversal 2.0 in which students and teachers' roles are flipped. Therefore, it would not be the best to be applied in Kindergarten context. However, after reading all required materials, I realized that t here are different types of flipped learning  and a few of them are applicable in my teaching context such as m icro-flipped classroom, group- based flipped, f aux-Flipped Classroom. Interestingly, I came to realize that I had been using group-based flipped classroom without knowing this is one kind of flipped classroom.  Compared to traditional way of teaching and learning, the roles of teachers and students are significantly different....

  How did I feel after the lesson?  This module is Interesting and useful. There are some ideas regarding PBL (project-based learning) and creating rubrics cited in the reading materials that I am eager to modify and apply in my own teaching contexts. I'm particularly impressed with what the author wrote in the article "Less teaching and more learning". I myself have been doing such mini projects with my very young learners from time to time at smaller scales and of less complexity. However, I haven't successfully strung them together in an organized structures - connnecting the dots and I feel like I need to have a long-term goals for all projects that I will do with our students. In conclusion, the articles intrigued in me a lot of interesting ideas which, hopefully, will be materialized in all my daily practices. What did I learn? In terms of knowledge and skill I have better understanding about PBL as an approach to English teaching in which language is used as a ...