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Distance Learning
Foundation
With support from the
U.S. Embassy RELO Office
Bangkok, Thailand
Using Media
for
English Language
Teaching
Quick General
Review
Session 5: Songs
What was it about?
Review of
Session 5
What activities did you do?
What new things did you learn as a
participant in the session?
Implications for
Teaching:
Session 5
What did you try in your classes (or if you
haven’t had a class yet –
what do you hope to try)?
WHAT WORKED?
WHAT DIDN’T?
Blogs
Session 6: 21 July 2010
Guiding Question
Why are diaries or journals good tools to use
in English language teaching?
1 minute
Who keeps a diary or
a journal?
Why do you
keep one?
If you had one, what would it be about?
Why?
Discuss & Share: 2 minutes
photos
music
art
WEB LOGS
travel
politics
BLOGS
food
fashion
current events
teaching
CREATOR
YOU + ?
PARTICIPANTS/
MEMBERS
ANYONE
If you had a blog, what would your theme be?
Why?
Discuss & Share: 2 minutes
Peeking into Blogs
Refer to your handout with various
blog titles or banners.
With your partner(s), discuss & take notes.
1) What will the blog be about?
2) How do you know?
3) What kinds of stories or ‘logs’
will be in the blog?
Discuss & Share: 5 minutes
Learning from a Blog*
Part 1
hat do you think this blog is about? How do you know?
What kinds of stories or ‘logs’
will be in this blog?
Discuss & Share: 2 minutes
Learning from a Blog
Part 2
(sheet)
Discuss & Share: 4 minutes
Learning from a Blog
Part 3
(sheet)
Read the rest of the excerpt from the same blog entry.
Make sure to take some good notes and mark
important facts of the story.*
Then, we will have a quiz show based on
these facts.
6 minutes (read/take notes)
Learning from a Blog
Part 3 continued
Now open up your ears!
You will hear me read a statement about the blog
entry. Then you will raise your hand
and answer me with a question.
Example of my statement: “This is known as a
rice country with many rice paddies on valleys
and slopes.”
Example of your question: “What is Toraja?”
Analyzing the Blog
From this entry, what do you think the writer
is interested in sharing with the reader?
What makes this blog entry interesting?
How can it be better?
If you were to write a comment/response
on this writer’s blog entry, what would you say?
5 minutes
You: The Blogger
Part 1: The Concept
With your new partner or group, pretend you
are going to start a blog. These are some
to consider:
e you a business or company that wants to sell someth
Do you want to share an online diary or
journal with the public?
Are you interested in giving advice or tips?
Think of a TITLE and THEME
5 minutes
You: The Blogger
Part 2: Sample Entry
In your Blogging Team, write a short entry based on
your title and theme.
(3-4 sentences)
6 minutes
Implications for Teaching
(new sheet)
What kinds of activities did you do
in the session or ‘class’?
What skills did these activities focus on?
How was critical thinking included in the lesson?
How can these activities be adapted/changed for
your language classroom?
Assignments
Assignment from the lesson or ‘class’
Assignment to apply in your classroom
Korp Khun Mak Ka
Thank you very much and
See you in the next session!
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