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Assingment

about using technologies to teach Reading and Writing skills

Dear Prof.Jeff Lebow,

I already read unit 7 and 8 about using technologies to teach Reading and Writing skills, I would like to say something about that.

I know using technologies to teach Reading and Writing skills is very good and convenient. I think it is helpful for both teachers and students in teaching and learning. Using technologies, teacher can design many tasks or exercises for students to do in a lesson. If the teacher uses a computer and OHP in teaching the lesson will be more colorful and attractive. The teaching talking time of the teacher can be reduced, students have more time to interact to others and teacher. It will be easy for students to understand the tasks by clicking mouse of the teacher. Many visual aids are used to explain and give models for students. Students will be really attracted by active pictures, photos and sounds…the teacher will find it is easy to apply or change the methods and techniques for suitable classes or groups of students.

In unit 7 and 8, I find a lot of good points of using technologies to teach reading and writing skills. They are very fitted with the communicative approach of teaching and learning today. I think the teacher should always find and update the knowlegde, methods and techniques in teaching 4 skills not only reading and writing.

I myself always expect and hope to use and apply technologies to teach English at school but I still wait and wait…because my schools as almost secondary schools in Vietnam have no technologies for teaching. We don’t have any opportunities to use and apply teachnologies in teaching and learning. At my school there are only two cassettes for teaching listening with some pictures for others 5 recent years. That is reason why computer and internet are strange to many teachers in remote areas. I have a computer and I try to design some teaching lessons by powerpoint, they sounds good and helpful but I don’t have chances to demonstrate them because we don’t have OHP and screen. My students are at the age of teen and at the beginner level so it will be very excellent if we use technologies to teach but we can’t. in Vietnam only some high schools in the city center, colleges and universities have used technologies to teach English. It is the reason why the education in secondary and high schools in Vietnam develop slowly.

In this course, I expect learning how to design, use and apply new methods and high technologies in teaching English at school. I hope and I am sure that in some coming years my school and others will be equiped many high and modern technologies for teaching and learning not only English but also other subjects. I hope using high technologies to teach all English skills to reach higher and higher achievements in teaching English. I hope I myself is the first footer in using and applying high technologies to teach at my school.

After this course, please help me if I have any problems in using teachnologies to teach English at school.

Thank you very much for your help now and then.

Son