Speaking and listening online a survey of internet resources.
Developing listening skills comes “naturally” for some students, but
with great difficulty for others. Acquiring listening skills can even be
frustrating for some students. For some time, listening was regarded as
a “passive” or “receptive” skill and, consequently, not particularly
crucial as a skill area to be taught.
The internet is widely used for language teaching and learning because it is rich in resources, especially audio and video. As part of our exploratory research, we surveyed 222 language teachers of a university in Vietnam regarding how they used the internet resources to teach listening and speaking skills. The results showed that teachers extensively used audiovisual materials from YouTube and news websites such as British Broadcasting Corporation, Voice of America, and Australian Broadcasting Corporation, etc. Those materials were helpful for students to practise listening and speaking skills. Suggestions are also made about how to exploit those resources effectively. Although the results are context-specific, they could be valuable lessons for other teaching staff and research.
The use of technology outside the language classroom or in the self-access centre can make learners more autonomous. One key feature of using technology in learning is that it allows language practice and study away from the confines of the classroom at your own pace anywhere
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Alexander, a skill that results difficult for students is listening, for that reason this is the area where teachers must make a reinforce by preventing students from becoming frustrated and giving up on learning a second language.
DeleteIn order to motivate students and make them improve and practice listening skills, teachers use Internet to teach, according to Kyle Dugan on his Blog “(2016) DYNAMITE ELT: For developing EFL/ESL teachers one of the listening learning strategies is being selective about what students are going to listening in 10-20 minutes”. Kyle Dugan says that teachers must prioritize “Brevity”, a 2-3 minute selection to go back to the audio and re-listen to it. Other fact is “Difficulty”, teachers should choose something that’s a good challenge for students, and the listening must be Interesting, because this will increase students’ motivation while understanding.
Nowadays the internet is useful for teaching because it is rich in audiovisual resources and this; allow students to improve learning with practice and interactive study better than study by themselves in a boring classroom. So, what do you think about it?