A real teacher or a computer?

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• A real teacher or a computer?
• Klepinina Olga and Students Of Kirov Teachers
  Training College
• Kirov, 2012

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A real teacher or a computer?

• For preparing for our lessons we use different
  sources, take for example libraries, computers
  with lots of sites of useful information.

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A real teacher or a computer?

• In lesson preparation we use mostly Microsoft
  software
• We have some tens of computers

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A real teacher or a computer?

• And at the lesson we use computers, interactive
  boards, projectors, screens, web-cams, DVD
  players, different tapes.

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A real teacher or a computer?

• Studying English we use ICT very often in
  reading, writing, listening. And we find it
  interesting.
• Our lessons became more exciting , informative.

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A real teacher or a computer?

• I myself have made a kind of test. I compared the
  students result of the test papers on one of the
  most difficult grammar event in the English
  Language, that is Conditional Sentences.
  Hypothesizing
• Firstly, explaining this very material I used
  only oral explanations- the quality of my
  teaching was- 45
• Secondly, explaining this I used oral
  explanations and some pictures- the quality of
  my teaching was- 56
• Thirdly, explaining this I used oral explanations
  and some pictures, ICT- the quality of my
  teaching was- 72

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A real teacher or a computer?

• Some Advantages of such lessons
• Students are not very tired
• Students may return to the material at any time
• Students may predict the events, even their
  future results
• Students are taught individually
• Students may plan the process of studying
• Students may use different sources of
  information
• Students are more motivated.

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ICT in Teaching and Learning

• But studying Foreign Languages it will be wise to
  use vital speech of the people. ICT will ,
  certainly, help us, but not replace the real
  speech.

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A real teacher or a computer?

• We are happy that nowadays we can use Skype to
  communicate with each other. We are different but
  we are common in studying English

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A real teacher or a computer?

• But we think that a computer cannot replace the
  teacher because
• - a teacher is vivid
• - a teacher can praise the students
• - a teacher can be kind, give advice
• - a teacher can be your friend.

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A real teacher or a computer?

• Thank you