In-Class Task 1

        I am Nurul Nadia Bt Kamaruddin. In short, I am Nadia. I am from Kota Bharu and now I am staying in Section 18. Sincerely, I am not very good in computer skills which people can call me an expert, but I consider myself as a savvy. I do involve in social networking via Internet and do use internet as a tool to expend my knowledge. That why I consider myself as a savvy.

        Basically, I have some computer software knowledge in terms of editing photos like Picasa, Adobe Photoshop and some others. I am into this softwares because I like to edit pictures and hopefully I am able to make money with this interest. When talking about learning English, I have tried some other alternatives besides reading books and journals which is using computer. I did experience using some of ESL websites to enhance my learning such as BBC website which really helps me in enhancing my language. Besides, I also look for English materials in some English websites like Web English Teacher and Englisch-Hilfen-de.

       During my practicum in those days, I did incorperate technology in my class. I always incorperated music and movies in my lessons because I got only boys students in my class. Thus, I thought that music would attract their attention towards my teaching. I could say that it was a success for good students for my case. It was because my first class students enjoyed thier lesson using songs and movies. They could understand the objectives of the lesson and they could follow it too. In contrast, my last class students did not enjoy using music because most of them are Indian students and they did not really expose to English songs and movies. So, I had a hard time when corperating technology with weak students compared to excellent students. They ended up by not paying attention to the lesson.

       In my personal opinion, it is such a good way by using technology in language teaching. It is because, learning language is not bounded only by using books and papers but people also can use other ways to impart the knowledge. The most interesting part when using technology is the animation inserted in the websites which makes the students enjoy learning English. Websites always come with interesting layouts, animations, pictures and applications that make students feel good while learning.

        In sum, what I expect from this course is not much. I wish I could learn how to use technological aids to enhance my teaching in future so that my students are exposed to the teachnology in early time too. Last but not least, I wish I could enhance my computers skills since this course requires to use some of the educational softwares in teaching and learning. So, we will see how it goes :)