Find a good place to live

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Find a good place to live

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• EFL 537
• Lyra Riabov
• HSIN HUI CHEN ( TINA)

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Description of Class

• Language proficiency level
• Lower Intermediate
• Previous computer work
• (1) Students have the knowledge of
  Microsoft Word.
• (2)Students can use the internet to search
  information
• Class Size 812
• Age 20 35
• Class length 90 mins per class / 3 classes

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Description of Class ( con)

• Native language
• Their native language includes Chinese,
  Korean, Nigerian, Spanish and Portuguese.
• Recent Work
• (1) Review the conversation between the
  rental and customer.
• (2) Review the skill of using search engine.

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Class needs or goals

• Students need to work with web page to search
  information
• Students will use different resources and verbal
  features to create their own dialog and
  conversation.
• Students will learn to gather, to select, to
  record, to interpret, and to present information
  using variety of sources through different
  technologies.

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Materials

• Computer needs (software, hardware)
• ESL Computer lab internet access for all
  students (Every computer should install
  soundrecord function in the computer lab)
• Printer.
• Other classroom materials
• The sample dialog ( the conversation between the
  rental and the customer.)
• The advertisement of different type of house.(
  condo , apartment , house. Studio.)

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Language objectives

• students working in pairs will be able to ask and
  answer house renting information with 90
  accuracy
• students working in small groups will be
  able to write a small paragraph to present the
  different types of houses and to present their
  needs about house searching.

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Computer literacy objectives

• students will be able to navigate a Web site to
  discover information
• Students will be able to use the soundrecord
  function through computer.
• students will be able to use the online
  dictionary to check the vocabulary.

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Procedure

• Pre-computer activities
• (1) The teacher does the review of last
  lesson which is talking about the difference of
  apartment, condo, townhouse and house
• .
• (2) The teacher asks the class to discuss their
  impressions of their house

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Presentation of the lesson

• After students brainstorming of their ideal
  place to live, the teacher will present the
  example of the website where they can find a good
  place to live.

 OffCampusNetwork.com           Connecting
Colleges Communities
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Presentation of the lesson (CON..)

• Through the display of those websites, the
  teacher will teach the students how to search the
  useful information.
• The teacher will ask the student to practice
  through the net to find an ideal living place
  which can fit their needs
• The teacher will ask the student to keep the
  address of that place.
• The teacher will present the function of

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Student practiceDay two

• After students are much aware of searching
  information, the teacher is going to play the
  Demo records which are played by the function of
  sounds record.
• After listening to the record, the teacher make
  the class work in pairs. Each pair of the
  students needs to brainstorm their topic and
  conversation and create their own conversation
  through the information they just search on the
  net.

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• After their practice of conversation, the teacher
  is going to teach the students about the function
  of soundrecord which already installed in their
  computer in the lab

program
Accessories
Entertainment
Soundrecord
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• The teacher will teach the students how to use
  the soundrecord and go around to observe their
  movement
• the teacher will ask them to create their own
  dialog through the soundrecord and save it as a
  file.
• After all the students finish their record the
  teacher will ask them to send the file to other
  groups through e-mail.

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Follow up activities ---Day three

• the teacher ask the students to work in groups.
• Each group need to brainstorm the situation of
  renting a house.
• Ask each group write a short script of the stage
  performance described the situation of what will
  happened when they are renting a place.

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• the teacher will show the student the assistant
  tool, online dictionary to help the students
  writing.

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• After they finish all their writing, they have to
  e- mail their work to other groups
• At the same time , the teacher who join the EVO
  DRAMA Online course can also post their students
  work to make a discussion about the students
  script and give the students some feedback.

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Closing

• Potential problems (describe)
• Students may not know how to use Word to the
  extent needed for the assignment
• Students may never have the experience of house
  renting in the past.
• Students may need more time to understand the
  function of soundrecord.
• Students may struggle with narrowing down their
  place choices since there are so many options.

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Solution

• Always do the review of last lesson to get the
  students into the situation and catch on their
  weak part.
• Always slow down to check the students progress
• Arrange for computer assistance from lab
  technician
• Hold a computer skills workshop for word
  processing, designing, editing, and publishing
• Ask the students to have their own workshop. They
  can learn from each other and review the lesson
  easily.

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Evaluation of students learning

• Students will evaluate themselves
• Cooperative learning
• Peer proof writing .
• Final product based on class objectives
• Getting information from the Internet.
• Using the Computer to do the soundrecord.
• Effectiveness of the writing.

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• The teacher will assess the students
  according to the students overall effort,
  creativity of ideas, use of vocabulary and
  ability to work cooperatively in partners

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Thank you very much!!