Voki

London Underground

useful activities which I can use in my class

I enjoy many useful things which was introduced by Jeff. I always use chrome instead of internet explore these days. I uproad my important data on my Google drive account. I use my data whenever I want. Expecially, when I didn’t bring my usb to my class, I could open my Google drive and use my data properly. Also, I post my traveling photos on my google plus and I sometimes show my pictures related to the lesson to my students during my class.However, even though Jeff’s class is very useful, I didn’t catch up with Jeff’s class because my laziness. I repented my idleness.

Quizlet: I think this is the amazing tool to study vocabulary. I was so excited about introducing it to my students. fortunately, my students are satisfied with it. When I present flashcards, they focus on meaning and pronunciation of the words. After I print the tests on it, my students take tests. My stuents told me that this is very useful.

Jeopardylabs: As midterm exam is just around the corner, I want to review what we have learned so far. So I decided to use this. In conclusion, it was a great success. My students not only enjoy the game and but also review successfully..

Jeopardy1

My Jeopardy Template

Unit 1

단어공부

Part2

    What are the key ingredients to successful cross-cultural communication?

  Do you think Teaching culture will have benefits for your student’s language development?

 

Acquiring a new language means a lot more than the manipulation of grammar, syntax and lexicon. Recent studies focus on the seamless relationship between L2 teaching and target culture teaching. People involved in language teaching have again begun to understand the intertwined relation between culture and language. It has been emphasized that without the study of culture, teaching L2 is inaccurate and incomplete. For L2 students, language study seems senseless if they know nothing about the people who speak the target language or the country in which the target language is spoken. According to Bada (2000: 101), “the need for cultural literacy in ELT arises mainly from the fact that most language learners, not exposed to cultural elements of the society in question, seem to encounter significant hardship in communicating meaning to native speakers.” Thus, teaching culture is not an arbitrary but a necessary activity. It is a vital component of language learning and teaching. It has great deal to offer the development of communication as well as other skills in instruction of any language.

Teaching culture is significantly beneficial in terms of language skills, raising cultural awareness, changing attitudes towards native and target societies, and contribution to the teaching profession. There are some of the benefits of teaching culture as follows: 1. Studying culture gives students a reason to study the target language as well as rendering the study of L2 meaningful. 2. From the perspective of learners, one of the major problems in language teaching is to conceive of the native speakers of target language as real person. Although grammar books gives so called genuine examples from real life, without background knowledge those real situations may be considered fictive by the learners. In addition providing access into cultural aspect of language, learning culture would help learners relate the abstract sounds and forms of a language to real people and places. 3. In achieving high motivation, culture classes does have a great role because learners like culturally based activities such as singing, dancing, role playing, doing research on countries and peoples, etc. The study of culture increases learners’ not only curiosity about and interest in target countries but also their motivation. For example, when some professors introduced the cultures of the L2s they taught, the learners’ interests in those classes increased a lot and the classes based on culture became to be preferred more highly than traditional classes. 4. Besides these benefits, studying culture gives learners a liking for the native speakers of the target language. Studying culture also plays a useful role in general education. In conclusion, Culture must be an essential component of second language learning and teaching. Therefore, we have to teach L2 through culture to enhance students’ linguistic comprehension.