Wednesday, March 21st 2018.

WEEK: 10

RANK: 5 

Based on the article "Twenty Ideas for Using Mobile Phones in the Language Classroom" by Hayo Reinders. 

PHONES, TEENAGERS' BEST FRIENDS.

After reading the article I can confirm that we are living in the "technological age" and this has influenced the teaching field. We can think that we are independent, but are we? nowadays we depend on technology, we rely on it. Do you need a call center for a delivery? No, you just need to download the app. What I mean is, technology is everywhere if you are not part of it, you are just old fashioned. Technology has pros and cons, but let's talk about the pros of teaching languages with technology. First, teenagers prefer mobile phones than computers these days but why? well, mobile phones are tiny and easy to carry than a computer. Also, here in El Salvador it is "safest" to carry a phone than a computer because they are noticeable. The article mentions some ways to teach English or at least improve the second language through technology. I would like to highlight one: BLOGS because I am just creating one right now. When I started using blogs I thought how is this going to help me? it is a great tool even if you think is silly to write about what you did x day or something like that. In my opinion, after creating two blogs these past years I have improved a lot in writing. I have also learned more vocabulary (because sometimes when you are writing and you do not think how to say something, you start using the online dictionary automatically you start acquiring new vocabulary or even expressions). Another activity that I think is important: RECORDINGS because you improve another powerful skill: speaking. Summarizing  the activity presented in the article, you can ask your students to record their days. For example, during a week you will record yourself and you will narrate your day, at the end you will have 7 recordings (7 days). It is an easy way to make your students speak. In conclusion, there are many ways to use technology, in the case that teachers want to use it in classes they have to know what the goal is because sometimes students can get distracted and our "technological class" might fail.