Weekly takeaways for IT class

✓what are some sources of listening materials?    -Prodcasts * used alot and are good for self study     - Textbook recording    -DVD and radio *which aren't used anymore    - Teacher/ student talk  ✓Whatvare some apps that are now used to listen?   -Spotify    -Youtube    - Apple Music  ✓ Activities for oral communication skills:-    1) Pre-Listening: •Activating schemata/predicting *Activating the student's knowledge  • Listening in the lesson — the sequence • What a listener needs to know before listening • Establishing reasons for listening * by making the lesson interesting  • Generating questions • Pre-teaching vocabulary **How can we use technology in Pre-Listening activities?   - collecting students ideas on googlebook   - Taking digital notes   - Mind map on digital notebooks          2) While listening: •Listening for gist *Importa...

Writing : human activity where the writer communicates with audience using signs and symbols Contents:  Brainstorming & Planning Pair and peer work Collaborative Writing Generating ideas - techniques, media and writing tools: • Ludwig: words in context • Hemingway: writing editing and AWE • Quillbot: Rephrasing- Media and apps used for writing such as Microsoft  - platforms for writing learning  •With Writing Activities • Stand-alone Packages

- Do you think that reading skill is as important as other skills? Nothing is as important as speaking but reading skill is definitely important. - Is it still important when we have this on-the-spot technology which helps us to comprehend? There materials aren't only used in the digital apps they are also used in real life. - How much time do we spend on print reading? We normally spend our time reading from phones and laptops but when it comes to studying we read from printed books because we feel it is more comfortabl. Reading stages in EFL: - What kind of activities should be done for pre-reading?    1. Listing unknown words    2. Making mind maps    3. Guessing the characters    4. Brain maps    5. Teaching vocabulary first then give the topic     6. Guessing story from title or cover  - What are some reading digital technologies?   1. Plot generator   2. Story board that   ...

- How do we learn words in highschool?   Some of the ways to learn words in highschool using flashcards,Quezlets, taking notes from a test and copy them in a studying app then repeat them until they are memorized. Also another way to learn words in highschool is to put words in papers in a Jar and to pick one paper each time until they are all memorized; do we still use this method especially after us relying on technology? I think not. - How do we learn vocabulary?    1. Noticing the word:         Us as teachers need to help the learners to notice the words by    highlighting them or changing the tone when saying the words or by using any way that would help the students notice them.     2. Retention in Short-term memory:          Once the student notices the words it will be restored in his memory for 20-30 seconds or even less.      3. Strengthening the associating:   ...