materials creation rsl
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Presentation on Materials Creation by Rubena St. Louis (Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela) for the Becoming a Webhead 2009 session, on Thursday, Feb 12 at 17:30 GMT at the Webheads Elluminate Vroom in Learning Times.TRANSCRIPT
Rubena St. Louis
BA
W 09
Good instructional materials: • Based on theoretically
sound learning principles.
• Use of prior knowledge.– Cognitive– Linguistic– World knowledge – Learning styles
Good instructional materials:
• Arouse and maintain interest and
attention.
Good instructional materials: • Provide examples of
language use.
• “..the outcome of language learning depends on large measure on the amount and kind of exposure to the target language…”
• Spolsky, (1989)
Good instructional materials: • Create appropriate
learning atmosphere
“a mental block, caused by affective factors ... that prevents input from reaching the language acquisition device.........” (Krashen,1985)
Good instructional materials: • Build confidence
– Use pair work
– Encourage interaction
– Use interesting activities
– Use “fun” activities
Good instructional materials: • Build confidence
– Give enough time• Individual learner
differences
– Give feedback• Explicit• Appropriate• Individual
– Give encouragement
Good instructional materials: • Relevant to students
and their needs.
– Variety of activities– Allow student creativity
• Increase expectancy of success– Grade level of difficulty
Good instructional materials: • Provide opportunities
for interaction
• Negotiation of meaning– Reformulations
• Formation of hypothesis
– Testing of hypothesis
Good instructional materials: • Provide involvement
with authentic tasks
– Authentic tasks are those having the same types of cognitive challenges as complicated real-world tasks do.
• Egbert, Chin-chi Chao, & Hanson-Smith, (1999)
Good instructional materials: • Include a variety of
tasks.– Deep semantic level
• Problem solving – Emotionally
significant to learner– Variety of language
input• Focus on meaning• Focus on form
Good instructional materials: • Encourage learner
autonomy.– Teacher as facilitator– Learner-centred– Learner as decision
maker– Learner creates
internal system
• Learning delivered almost anywhere at any time
• Materials easy to update• Large number of resources
available• Ability to include multiple
media• Real-time content through
– video conferencing – video streaming – chat rooms
•Increased interaction•Learners and facilitators•Learners and learners
•Learner centred •Use of different learning styles
•Immediate feedback on progress
Age:
Sex:
Linguistic level:
Cognitive level:
Interests:
Learning styles:
Attitude:
• Stimulate students• Arouse students’ interest• Catch students’ attention• Cause an impact• Engage students• Promote interaction• Produce a variety of
activities
•What am I teaching?Content?
Functions?
Language?
•Where is the learning taking place?
•How is the learning taking place?
•How much time do I have?
•What resources are available?
•Type of input/output•Video
•Audio
•Text
•Type of activity•Introduction
•Practice
•Consolidation
•Type of control•Teacher
•Student
•User friendly
•On or off line
•Cost effective
•Secure
•Effective
Some tools
Age group: ________________ Level: ______________
ObjectivesLearning
Outcomes Authentic material needed
Activities correspondOutcomes/objectives
Tools Problems
To describe someone: Physically
Personality
Use of adjectivesnouns related to the topicPresent simple tense
(Images)PicturesPhotosFlash cardsTexts
VocabularyLabellingDrag & dropMatching GamesGuess who?Hang man
Exercise generator(Hot potatoes)Search engine(google)
Voice recorder
Will they do what is required of them?
Check instructions
Verbs:
Adjectives:
Nouns:
Describe people both orally and in writing. Ask & answer questions….
Video segment(beauty pageant)Audio(police line up)
Student initiated searchReportsOral:podcastWritten:
Microsoft image galleryPicture show(BubbleShare)
Audio(Springdoo)
Traditional activities• Open ended questions• Multiple choice questions
– One correct answer– Several correct answers
• True or False questions• Cloze activities• Fill-in-the-blanks• Drag and drop• Matching • Ordering
Input stimulus
Visual Text
Drawing/PictureVideo
Aural Music/lyrics of a song
Recital of a poemMonologueDialogue
The more creative side of things…Make, show and tell
Move over Spielberg!
I’m afraid that I don’t agree with
you there.
Some sites • Hotpotatoes: http://hotpot.uvic.ca/• Script O: http://www.readingmatrix.com/quizmaker/index.php• Word learner: http://www.wordlearner.com/
• Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/• Springdoo: http://www.springdoo.com/• Voice thread: http://voicethread.com/#home• Splash cast: http://web.splashcast.net/catalog/search.aspx
• Zimmer twins: http://www.abc.net.au/zimmertwins/• Comic creator: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/• Bubbleshare: http://www.bubbleshare.com/• Discovery school educator:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/