1. STRENTHENING STUDENTS'
LANGUAGE SKILLS THROUGH
TECHNOLOGY
Univerisidad Latina de
Panama- Training Center

2. EARLY BIRD ACTIVITY
Read this quote.
“Teachers need to integrate technology
seamlessly into the curriculum instead of
viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought, or
an event”. Heidi-Hayes Jacobs
Do you agree? Why or why not?
Share your ideas, reactions, thoughts,
feedback.

3. PRESENTER
ASTEVIA HAJNY

4. Agenda
1. Early BIRDActivity
2. Introduction
3. K-W-L-S chart (starting)
4. Content and language objectives
5. Research findings
6. Useful websites to learn, practice and reinforce l2 skills
 Listening
 Speaking
 Reading
 Writing
Plus Grammar and Vocabulary
8- K-W-L-S (closing)
9- Wrap up ( reflection)

5. What I KNOW What I WANT to Know What I
LEARNED
What I STILL need to
find out
K-W-L-S CHART
Fill in the K and W columns

6. CONTENT OBJECTIVE
Participants will be able to:
 Be familiarwith some interactive
web sites to strenght students’
language skill.
Reflect on the purpose of using
educational websites in their
classroom.

7. Language objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1. Read and discuss on a quote related to
technology.
2. Fill in the KWcolumns and talkabout them
3. Evaluate research information about the use
of thechnology in the L2 classroom.
4. Listen and discuss about some websites to
teach L2 skills.
5. Complete LS columns.
6. Share theirreflections on the topic.
7. Wrap up objectives.

8. TECHNOLOGY IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
Researchers have found educational
technological tools facilitates L2 learning.
“Technology can help ESL learners
develop speaking, reading, and writing
skills” (Soska, 1994).
“The Internet is a vast networklinking
computers all overthe world” (Kung and
Chuo ,2002).
 “The use of chat rooms in an ESL
setting shows us its effectiveness on
students’ language skill improvement”
(Yuan ,2003)

9. Reflection
Do you use technology in you class?
If youransweris “yes”, what is your
pedagogical reason to use it?

10. Listening Skill and Technology
Technology is useful to teach
listening because each type of
technology provides opportunities
for students to explore their ranges
of listening strategies.
Source: Second Language Listening: Theory and Practice. John
Flowerdew. 2000 Page:182

11. Listening Skill and Technology
There are various kinds of media
that we can use to teach listening.
They are:
a. Radio
b. Audio-Cds
c. Video
d. Computer Assisted Language
Learning (CALL) Software,
Internet sites

12. Listening Skill and Technology
Useful websites
http://www.esl-lab.com/
http://www.elllo.org/
Audio clips: http://www.elllo.org/english/TakeTwo.htm
Video clips: http://www.elllo.org/english/video.htm
Situational English foreveryday life: http://www.elllo.org/english/Situations.htm
Interviews: http://www.elllo.org/english/About/Interviews.htm
News stories: http://www.elllo.org/english/NewCenter.htm
Short talks: http://www.elllo.org/english/Points.htm
Songs: http://www.elllo.org/english/Songs.htm
Games: http://www.elllo.org/months/weeks/games.htm

13. Speaking Skill and Technology
L2 teachers use the computer
technology to create an environment
that encourages communication
and provides increased and more
varied communicative
opportunities for students to utilize
their oral skills.
Source: Butler-Pascoe, M. E. & Wiburg, K. M. Technology and
teaching English language learners. 2003 Chapter 4, pp. 96-111.

14. Speaking Skill and Technology
Websites to develop speaking skill
http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/topics_conversation.ht
http://www.dailyesl.com/
http://www.eslflow.com/
http://www.eslgold.com/pronunciation/pronunciation_link

15. Reading Skill and Technology
Computer based reading instruction
allows for "increased interaction
with texts, attention to individual
needs, and increased
independence through an ability to
read texts they would not
otherwise be able to read"
Source: Case, C. & Truscott, D. (1999). The lure of bells and
whistles: Choosing the best software to support reading
instruction. Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming
Learning Difficulties, 15 (4), 361-369

16. Reading Skill and Technology
Websites to develop Reading Skill
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/reading.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/index.htm
http://www.eslgold.com/reading.html

17. Writing Skills and Technology
http://www.rong-chang.com/writing.htm
http://www.rong-chang.com/eslread/eslread/dict/contents.htm
http://www.rong-chang.com/eslread/eslread/dict/contents.htm

18. Writing Skill and Technology
Websites to develop writing skills
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/
http://www.funenglishgames.com/writinggames.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/

19. Grammar and Technology
Grammar is the one of the most
important aspect of teaching and
learning a language.
It is also one of the more difficult
aspects to teach well and motivate
students to learn.
Today, I would like to share some
technology enhanced tools for
practicing grammar.

20. Grammar and Technology
http://www.bbchs.org/departments/en
glish/grammar_websites.aspx

21. Vocabulary
There are new ways by using digital
tools, media, and the Internet, that
is, to deploy technology in service of
vocabulary learning.

22. These web sites may be useful forincreasing
students´ vocabulary:
www.m-w.com/game/
(This site is by Merriam-Websterdictionary.)
www.vocabulary.com/
www.wordcentral.com
www.wordsmyth.net
www.nytimes.com/learning/students/wordofday/ind
ex.html

23. What I KNOW What I WANT to
Know
What I
LEARNED
What I STILL need to
find out
K-W-L-S CHART
Fill in the L and S columns

24. Wrap up the objectives
Content Objectives
Participants did:
 Get familiarwith some
interactive web sites to
strenght students’
language skill.
 Reflect on the purpose
of using educational
websites in their
classroom.
Participants will be able to:
1.Read and discuss on a quote
related to technology.
2.Fill in the KW columns and
talk about them
3.Evaluate research information
about the use of thechnology in
the L2 classroom.
4.Listen and discuss about
some websites to teach L2
skills.
5.Complete LS columns.
6. Share their reflections on the
topic.
7.Wrap up objectives.

25. WRAP UP ( REFLECTION )
 Are you using technology to
support yourlessons? Why orWhy
not?
 Can technology help L2 students to
develop theirlanguage skills? How?

26. CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address
cormoas@hotmail.es