Week 7: The Internet as a useful guide to learn writing and reading skills.

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The writing and reading skills are very important to everybody that is learning a new language as they are a fundamental part of the learning process. These skills need to be developed when students are learning other language since if students do not develop them,  they will be in trouble when they are given a writing or reading assignment. Students have to learn new vocabulary in order to get a good writing skill because if they do not know that much vocabulary, they will not be able to write a paragraph. A good way to learn new vocabulary is reading books because students will get a broader knowledge based on the books they will read.

Teachers have an important role in teaching the writing and reading skills to students because they have to encourage students to learn not only in the classroom but also at home. Teachers needs to teach students with activities that students can enjoy and that will get the students attention and that will motivate them to self-study.

Internet is a useful resource for teachers and students because it provides many tools  and applications that will let them know how to teach and learn the writing and reading skills with different activities and challenges that will help them in the teaching-learning process in a good way.

Week 6: The media as support in teaching speaking and listening skills.

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When teachers prepare a lesson for an specific skill, it can be difficult if they do not have the right tools to prepare it and if they do not have that much knowledge about how to teach a new language.

However, nowadays there exist many ways to prepare a class with different fun activities for a specific skill that can be meaningful and funny for students. Also, those activities can be very useful for students because they can improve their learning process.

Technology provides many tools where teachers can find a lot of necessary resources that they can use in their classes. There are also many new applications that can help teachers and students alike in the teaching-learning process. It is the teacher's duty to provide students with the insight of what can be used to improve the learning skills in which they are deficient.

Using technology, teachers can guide students to get the right tools they need to improve their language skills. Based on the article, there are several applications of CALL in the development of speaking skills that foster and motivates students to self-study. Besides, by using media to develop learning activities based on radio programs, television shows, newspapers, videos, and music, teachers will have a better interaction with the students and the students will be motivated to learn.

Week 5: Technology as a good tool to accomplish critical thinking.

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The process of thinking critically is fundamental for the growth of a student because students will have the capacity to think rationally in their life and that will help them to have the ability to understand and better analyze a problem. It is important that teachers help students to develop a critical thinking by using different activities where teachers have the students think about several abstract topics and then ask them a lot of questions that will make them think about the topic, develop reasoning abilities in order for them to acquire the knowledge they need to draw conclusions and resolve the issues they may face.

Technology helps students to get a broader knowledge of what they learn in the classroom. It helps them dig into the information they want to learn about and the topics they want to discover more about, and with proper teacher guidance students can learn how to use technology to develop critical thinking. It is important that teachers understand that not all students learn the same way, therefore they need to know how to use Technology in order to get the student's attention.

To foster critical thinking in students will help them not only to develop curiosity for the different issues they will face in their lives but also will help them see how the real world is.

Week 4: Internet as a facilitator in ELT

Rate: 4

When you think about Internet, what comes to your mind? For sure, you will think of social networks, instant messaging, email, blogs, video game, etc, but that is not all Internet has to offer.

Nowadays, Internet has become an excellent source of knowledge and information not only for those teaching a new language, but also for those who want to learn it. Through Internet, teachers and students alike will find enough information (teaching/learning material) so they can teach/learn a new language. Using Internet and its different characteristics, information can be saved and shared with others easily.

Also, Internet is an excellent tutor like the article says because it offers many sites, which students can access easily and students can find many options in which they can learn vocabulary, grammar, and where they can practice their listening , reading, writing, etc. The most important factor of this is that they can do it whenever and wherever they want because there is no schedule or waiting time for students to have access to the content they need.

Besides, Internet helps students to feel motivated to learn as it gives them a sense of autonomy so they can engage in their studies without having anyone else pushing them to do so.