Introduction
WELCOME
Definition: Autonomy- helping foreign language teachers to improve the English learning process.
Description: Computers and information technology have become essencial to live. English teachers can use it to help their students to be autonomous learners.
Grade level: Post-graduate students/Adults
Curriculum: E-learning
Authors: Maria Elena Castilla, Judith Escalante, Hernan Gonzalez, and Myrian Valencia Gonzalez
PROGRAMA DE LA ESPECIALIZACION EN LA ENSENANZA
DEL IDIOMA INGLES 2014
You are a group of teachers who are improving your level of English doing a specialization. You want to apply some technologies in the classroom. So, you need your students to become autonomous in the process of learning English as a foreign language. Specifically you want to investigate how the use of computers and information technology can improve this level of autonomy of the English learners in Cartagena.
Task
You are a team of 5 English teachers exploring how autonomy through the application of technology in English learning could improve the language level of students in Cartagena.
You have to research how autonomy and the use of computers can help our students to learn more and easier by themselves, to take charge of their own learning process, improve their academic peformance, improve their skills and apply more technology in schools and universities. Your research will include the organization and analysis of your findings, development of recommendations and preparation of a plan of action to acheive these goals.
Process
1. You have to research the following topices of how autonomy and the use of computers can help our students to improve their learning of English as a foreign language.
- Level of student's technology managament at the schools and universities where you're working.
- Autonomy level of students when they are interested in learning English.
- Resources they have available at home to study alone.
2. Your research will result in:
- An integrated report on the above aspects and your recommendations for the autonomous learning level of students in English
- A powerpoint presentation of your report with the key findings and recommendations. The presentation will be recorded on video.
3. Each member of the group will take responsibility for the development of this activity.
4. Each memeber of the group has to do his/her research on the aspects with the relevant links provided here.
5. It is expected that each teacher will discuss, collaborate, and share information during his/her research.
6. This webquest research project is expected to take no longer than six weeks.
7. The integrated report is to be no longer than 5 pages.
8. The powerpoint presentation is to be a maximum of 20 minutes.
Best wishes with your project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gahvJJFaRLw
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1331&context=ajte
Evaluation
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Basic (30%) |
Average (60%) |
Good (80%) |
Very Good (100%) |
Score |
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Content from research in the specified areas |
Minimal results of research provided |
More in-depth and more significant findings reported |
Research findings showed applicability to students’ English learning in Cartagena |
Extensive research findings and benefits and applicability to Cartagena foreign language autonomous learning |
40% |
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Final research report and recommendations |
Research report with very little recommendations |
Research report with good recommendations in all aspects |
Research report with strong and realistic recommendations across all aspects of the research |
Research report with implementable recommendations in key areas of learning English in a tourist city like Cartagena |
30% |
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Presentation |
All members are required to present |
Presentation is clear and findings are relevant |
Presentation is clear, findings are relevant and recommendations are well thought out |
Findings and recommendations are well presented and a plan for implementing the recommendations is detailed |
30% |
Conclusion
The research report and recommendations will help the teachers of this specialization 2014 to know what new strategies on foreign language education they can apply in order to guide their students to be autonomous learned of English.
This will also help to determine how the use of technology is helpful in this.
Credits
Please acknowledge all sources of information with correct APA referencing
Teacher Page
This webquest is intended for teachers at the post-graduate level of English teaching methodology at Unicolombo 2014 to see how they can use the technology to help the students of languages to be autonomous during their learning process. It is targeted to the module of e-learning.