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*ONLINE GRAMMAR GAMES
*AUDIO PODCASTS
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KARTHIKA.S
Ad.No:8630
SNTC
NEDUNGANDA
Date:3/10/2015
INTRODUCTION
The field
of Education has been affected by JCT, which has undoudtedly affected teaching
,learning and research.ICT enabled tasks in classroom have the potential to
accelerate, enrich and deepen skills, to motivate and engage students, to help
relate school experience to work practices, and give
opportunities for children to discuss, reflect think and reason out.ICT also
allow for the creation of digital resources like digital libraries and helps
to develop various online and offline tasks opportunity to engage, play and
become familiar with the distinctive contributions that ICT can make to their
creative practices, which other media and tools do not offer. Film adaptation
of literary texts and online games play a major role in teaching literature as
well as language, especially new vocabulary and grammatical structures of the
language. These innovative platforms help to creative atmosphere in the
classroom thereby promoting the talents of students in a very vibrant way.
DATA COLLECTION
Prose is
meant for learning a language. Teaching prose also means teaching reading with
comprehension. The learners taught the skill of reading. The power of
comprehension can be promoted through reading and listening. The main aim of
teaching prose is to develop language ability of the students. It is the
intensive study of a language.
Objectives of Teaching Prose
The major objectives of
teaching prose
1. To achieve the literary and content
2. To understand the passage and group
its meaning
3. To read with correct pronunciation,
stress and intonation.
4. To enable students to understand the
passage by silent reading
5. To enrich their active and passive
vocabulary.
6. To express the ideas of the passage
orally and in writing.
7. To enjoy reading and writing.
8. To develop their imagination.
Integrating ICT resources in the Teaching of Prose
English language teaching at
secondary level now a days seeks the help of ICT. The use of overhead
projectors (OHP),CD/DVD plays, internet powerpoint files, online dictionaries
and LCD projectors, several websites etc. and other applications have changed
the scene. If we want to teach a novel , today we can use power point files to
show the publication details and also about the author through projectors.
Sometimes we can use CD/DVD players with television for viewing movie / plays
downloaded from webportals.
Film adaptation of literary texts
Film
adaptation is one of the advanced products of the information and communication
technology. A film adaptation is the transfer of a written work , in whole or
in part , to a feature film. It is a type of texts is one of the highly effective
methods teach prose; especially novels. A common form of film adaptation is the
use of a novel as the basis of a feature film. Other works adapted in to films
include non-fiction , autobiography , comic books scriptures, plays, historical
sources and even other films.
AUDIOPODCASTS
Audio
podcasts are also used to teach prose. A podcast is a digital medium,
consisting of an episodic series of audio , video , PDF, or a pub files
subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a
computer or mobile device. Podcast is a portmanteau derived from “broadcast ”
and “pod” from the screen of ipod , as audio podcasts are often listened to on
portable media players. Using the application software pod catcher can easily
teach prose by using audio podcasts. “Net cast” as well as “oggart” replacement
other audio related technologies instead of the ipod , can also be used making
teaching – learning process much effective.
Integrating ICT
Resources in teaching grammar
“ Grammar is
the means through which linguistic creativity is ultimately achieved “ observes Wilkins . Grammar refers
to the formal analysis and description of the rules of the language. It also
refers to the rules for the correct use of a language which may be prescribed for
its uses.
The main objectives of teaching
grammar are
1. It helps to use the language
effectively.
2. Knowledge of the underlying ‘rules ‘
of grammar is provided.
3. To develop students insight into the
structure of English language.
4. To enable students to annihilate the
correct patterns of the language.
5. To teach grammar as a rule governed
behaviour.
6. To develop a scientific attitude in
pupils.
ONLINE GRAMMAR GAMES
Online
grammar game also provide effective ways for learning grammar. Students of all
ages, from pre-school to degree students often enjoys their classroom
experience. Unfortunately many students dread learning grammar, with its
lecture and rote practice with worksheets. Grammar game change students’ perception
of grammar instructions motive them to do well and encourage them to use
language authentically. Online grammar games focus attention of students on
specific structures grammatical pattern and vocabulary items. It functions as
reinforcement and enrichment to students. It involves equal participation from
both slow and fast learners. Online grammar games contribute to an atmosphere
of healthy competition , providing an outlet for the creative use of natural
language in a non- stressful situation. Grammar has been taught in various ways
throughout the history of language learning. The interest to involve computer
in teaching grammar are awakened late 1990s and has since then grown. Smart notebook
software for smart boards will help the teachers to teach English grammar
effectively. Once we resorted to grammar translation method , direct method and
suggest to teach English language . Teacher also taught grammar Ninja ‘ grammar
Blast, and today teachers usually see the help of the “BBC’s skills wise website which is a great resource
for a wide variety of content areas. The British council’s Learn English
website offers 69 interactive activities for learning the rules of grammar.
Grammar Bytes is a great website for language Arts teachers. It offers teachers
and students handouts, interactive exercises and slideshow presentation. Each
slideshow is a accompanied by a handout for students to complete as they view
each presentation. Daily writing tips is
a blog and recently ,they announced the release of an ebook about English
grammar. Apart from those ICT resources
, we can use, IWB, powerpoint files CDs and VCDs etc. for teaching grammar.
The
following are some of the websites which can be used for teaching grammar
effectively
*Self study Grammar Quizzes :
*English
Grammar Quiz:
http//English grammar correction.com/ egi-bin/gran4.p/
*Grammar bytes
*Daily
grammar lessons :
http://www.daily grammar .com
/archive.shton/
*Online
English grammar :
http://www.edufind.com/english grammar/subidscfm
CONCLUSION
By using
film adaptation of literary tents
,online vocabulary and grammar games ,learning becomes more interactive funny and
enjoyable for students . From an instructional view point, creating a
meaningful context for language use is the major advantages of films adaptation
and online games .Using dynamic mediums for teachings language helps to make
the learning more easy and active for learners as well as teachers . The uses
of ICT enabled tasks in class rooms has a positive motivational impact
engagement through visual ,kinesthetic and auditory means. In short , we can
say that ICT enabled tasks including film adaptation, online vocabulary games
and online grammar games are very much beneficial in transforming the conventional classroom to an interactive
and self- motivated platform for language learning.
REFERENCE
1. Aragay, Meirea , Books in Motion : Adaptation , Intertexuality, Authorship. Cambridge: Polity Press ,
2005.Print.
2. Bluestone
, George, Novels in to Film: The
Metamorphosis of Fiction in to cinema. United States : The Johns Hopkins
University Press,2003.Print.
3. Meiers,M.The
use of ICTs in schools in the Digital Age .Cambridge: Harvard University
Press,2009.Print.
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