2. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO WELCOME!

3. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY MS-TEFL. COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING EFL 537 LESSON PLAN To: Professor LYRA RIABOV By: CLAUDIA ACERO April 18 th, 2002

4. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO MY FAVORITE FAMOUS PERSON An Integrative Approach: Language and Technology

5. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO ? Education “lite” DOES IT CHANGE OUR MINDS?

6. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO Education “lite” DOES SHE UNDERSTAND THE NEW GENERATION?

7. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO MY FAVORITE FAMOUS PERSON An Integrative Approach: Language and Technology LA SABANA UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE STUDENTS IN COLOMBIA AI AI LA SABANA UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE STUDENTS IN COLOMBIA AI AI

8. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO OVERVIEW I. DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS II. MATERIAL AND RESOURCES III. LESSON PLAN A.Objectives B. Procedure B. Procedure 1. IT Room Activities 2. Classroom Activities IV. FINAL THOUGHTS

9. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO I. DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS

10. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO A. CLASS DESCRIPTION CLASS SIZE AND AGE 18-25 students 45% women 55% men 17-25 yrs old 3 rd, 4 th or 5 th semester students; or new students BACKGROUND Business Administration Hospitality Psychology Medicine Engineering Social Communication ss ss

11. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO B. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY B. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LSU LSU ORAL PROFICIENCY Learners: handle successfully a variety of uncomplicated, interactive communicative tasks and social situations. participate in simple conversations and topics beyond a basic level. WRITTEN PROFICIENCY Learners: understand main ideas and some facts from connected texts which are not complex linguistically. Meet a number of practical needs such as letters, postcards, simple narratives.

12. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO C. PREVIOUS COMPUTER WORK Learners are familiar with RIRI the computer the WWW The search engines and data basesdata bases the MS Word, and MS PP the idea of plagiarism and references From their first semester they have a computer literacy class.

13. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO D. PREVIOUS LANGUAGE WORK LSU LSU Learners have studied how to give Personal information and history Information about future plans and arrangements PRESENT, PAST, FUTURE, SOME MODAL VERBS

14. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO II. MATERIALS AND RESOURCES COMPUTER NEEDS Hardware (1 computer per student) Internet Access Printer Teacher’s Notebook  OTHER (BACK UP PLAN) Handouts   Library   Paper Board OHP Transparencies

15. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO III. LESSON PLAN

16. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO A. OBJECTIVES GENERAL OBJECTIVE Learners will develop a PP presentation about their favorite person by including facts about his/her past, present and future life. INTEGRATIVE APPROACH

17. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO A. OBJECTIVES (CONT.) SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES* 1. Language Objectives To skim and scan different texts about their character using the WWW to extract relevant information about the person’s life. To write a biography including facts about the personage’s present, past and future. To develop an interactive PP presentation to be presented to the class. INTEGRATIVE APPROACH

18. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO A. OBJECTIVES (CONT.) 2. Social Objectives Students will be able to: Participate in classrooms discussions by sharing information and suggesting ideas. Work with their partner to solve problems, take decisions, and self- evaluate their job. COOPERATIVE LEARNING APPROACH

19. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO B. PROCEDURE The lesson plan includes: PRE COMPUTER ACTIVITIES COMPUTER ACTIVITIES POST COMPUTER ACTIVITIES Classroom Activities IT room Activities

20. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 1. PRE-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES Teacher explains: objectives the objectives of the next 2 weeks of work. how the class will achieve the objectives. the purpose of using WWW for the development of the project. the way the project will be evaluated. PLANNINGPLANNING DAY 1 Classroom

21. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 1. PRE-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES (CONT.) How the class will achieve the objectives ReviewingReviewing language problems. Using the WWW to search for information. Scanning and Skimming for information to identify main points. Self-evaluating the project. Preparing the final presentation and report. Defining IT Room and Classroom classes. DAY 1

22. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 1. PRE-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES (CONT.) How the project will be evaluated Self-evaluation by using a “self- evaluation list”self- evaluation list Between groups evaluation by using a “peer evaluation list” Evaluation of the Oral and Written report by using the “evaluation list”Writtenevaluation list DAY 1

23. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 1. PRE-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES (CONT.) How to prepare the final presentation and report Students have to use either MS Power Point Intranet Web page (The University or Teacher’s) E-mail (luciaacero@hotmail.com; claudiaacero@aol.com)luciaacero@hotmail.comclaudiaacero@aol.com Any other technological device (OHP, Video, CD Rom) Time Requirements DAY 1

24. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 2. 2. RECALLING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND VOCABULARY BUILDING  LYRA’s  LYRA’s 2.  LYRA’s GRGR 1. Grammar revision on tenses GR gr Grammarrevisiontenses GR gr Present Continuous Simple Past Future (Will/Going to) Present Perfect Simple Modals DAY 2 IT ROOM

25. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 2. RECALLING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND VOCABULARY BUILDING (CONT.) Ss will recognize famous people (handout 1)   Ss will recall vocabulary to write about famous people (handout 2)   www www HOMEWORK Search on wwwwww  What is a biography?  5 names of possible personages www www HOMEWORK Search on wwwwww  What is a biography?  5 names of possible personages DAY 2

26. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 3. CLASS DISCUSSION CD CD What a biography is and kind of information to include. What possible categories. AnalyzingAnalyzing a biography model.biography model CD CD What they will search and how to structure their projects.CDCD Deciding on their personage. K-W-L K-W-L Start filling K-W-L Strategy sheet part KK-W-L IT Room Activities DAY 3

27. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 4. RESEARCHING ON THE WWW Students A will search on some sites different to the ones his partner has A and B will skim and scan through the sites and articles to find relevant information for them A and B fill in the K part ???? DAY 3 HOMEWORK Write some questions in the W section K-W-L Strategy Sheet Continue searching on the www HOMEWORK Write some questions in the W section K-W-L Strategy Sheet Continue searching on the www

28. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 5. SHARING Individual Task K K Students record their own knowledge in the K part.K Pair Work K W Students A and B use their K part to share information and generate more questions for the W part. Class Work Students share with the class some questions or sites or ideas. Questions to be used next www research DAY 4 Classroom

29. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 6. NEW www SEARCH AND PEER SHARING The pair finds answers to the questions in the W part. Students share some ideas with partners of other pairs. Individual Final search using search engines Individual Free-writing HOMEWORK Search some facts about their famous personage Think about how they will develop their biography and PPP DAY 5 IT room

30. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 7. BIOGRAPHY WRITING AND PPP PLANNING The pair shares their free-writing copies. They attempt to write a first version. They self evaluate it.self evaluate se e-mail this first version to the teacher for suggestions HOMEWORK They e-mail this first version to the teacher for suggestions DAY 6 CLASSROOM

31. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 8. PEER FEEDBACK Pairs switch diskettes to peer evaluate their biography. evaluate They use “Insert Comments” function and “Tools Track Changes”Insert Comments The pair receives back their biography and revises Further revisions Start Working on the PPP The pair finds an external person who provides feedback HOMEWORK The pair finds an external person who provides feedback Inter-classes (e-mail) The pair finds an external person who provides feedback HOMEWORK The pair finds an external person who provides feedback Inter-classes (e-mail) DAY 7 IT room

32. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 9. FINAL REVISIONS AND MINI CONFERENCES Students continue revising their biography and planning their PPP Teacher provides a mini-conference to each pair. DAY 8 CLASROOM

33. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 10. ASSESSMENT SELF- ASSESSMENT PEER ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT Oral Presentation Rubrics Biography DAY 9-10 IT Room/ Classroom with Computer and Slide Projector

34. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO 11. HANDING IN DOCUMENTS Students hand in their project portfolio : Diskette with K-W- L strategy sheets, drafts, PPP, biography E-mail to the teacher with attachments: PPP and Biography ANALYSIS OF THE EXPERIENCE

35. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO IV. FINAL THOUGHTS Learners and teacher gain experience through this learning process. The combination English and Computers helps learners to gain knowledge about important people in their fields. The integrative approach leads learners to use the language for different purposes. Reflection and analysis on the experience will determine improvement.

36. April 18, 2002CLAUDIA ACERO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.