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Main Tasks in English Teaching (Leung King Yin) (Roles of computers/ICT…
Main Tasks in English Teaching
(Leung King Yin)
Main tasks in English teaching/learning
Guide students to appreciate English as a language art
Foster generic skills through language learning
Equip students with the four skills: reading, listening, writing, speaking in English
Prepare students to face real world language challenges
help students overcome their fear an language barrier
build a sense of competency and mastery in using English
helping students turn their linguistic knowledge into procedural knowledge
Main theoretical frameworks/foundation related to English teaching/learning
social constructivist approach
Communicative language teaching
Task-based language learning
teacher as facilitator, scaffolding with the students
Behaviorist approach
audio-lingual method
teacher as language model, conditioning the students to perform certain language tasks
grammar-translation
suggestopedia
Roles of computers/ICT tools in English teaching/learning
Students are allowed more autonomy when technology are incorporated (i.e. more interactive than traditional teaching techniques)
students are trained to be self-directed learners
caters to students interests as they are digital natives
allows students to learn at their own pace
opens up students to abundant resources online
training them to be global citizens with awareness f the world's issues
teachers can monitor students progress immediately with the help of technologies
students get immediate feedback through online platforms, which cannot be done with traditional teaching pedagogies
allow more flexibility with teaching methodologies such as flipped classroom and e-learning
develop students'' digital literacy