Review of Aleyda's Project Work

Hi everybody,

When I had a glance at all the files in PDF format, I jumped with joy thinking that I had a great chance of learning from all but I was disappointed because I didn’t have time to go them through properly. The pressure of time limit also made me read a little and that’s why, I chose to read the project of Aleyda Linares from National Pedagogical University, Honduras describing about Plan and Conduct action research related to technology use in the class room.

In the project, Linares has chosen a class of 16 undergraduate students age from 19-30 enrolled in the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) program at the National Pedagogical University of Honduras. The collaborative class enjoys working in groups, pairs, or practical oriented activities, however their written skills are lower than their oral skills (spoken) and they also have poor knowledge of hi-tech.

I find some of controversial things in the project, on the one hand he says, his learners have poor knowledge of technology, on the other I found “Most of the students have access to a computer at home…” on a point “Describe anything else……”

What I liked is the thing that he has mentioned a problem which is very common almost everywhere ‘speaking native language outside the class.’ (His learners speak Spanish language as a native language).

What I didn’t like is that he has stated problems everywhere even while describing the ‘Initial solution and expected response.’

All he has described in the project is the focus on grammatical aspect. The resources mentioned in the project do not seem to be exploited in a better way.

Regards,

Deep,

Nepal

Useful resources described in this project:

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http://www.uoregon.edu/~dhealey/techtips/june2009.html

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http://iteslj.org/Articles/Thanasoulas-Autonomy.html

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anson%20--%20blogs%20in%20education.pdf

http://www.rug.nl/talencentrum/informatie/deelnemers_studiedag/Ruben%20Comadina%20Gr

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http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

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http://www.examenglish.com/

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http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/spelling.htm

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http://www.esl-lab.com/videoclips.htm

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http://voicethread.com/#q.b1191.i13695

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http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/michael-jackson/you-are-not-alone-gapfill.

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http://www.eduplace.com/tales/o

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https://www.wordpress.com

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http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/verbtense_index.php

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http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

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http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/easy_grammar_exercises.htm

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http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-grammar-movies.htm

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http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/freeexercises.htm#TENSES

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http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html

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http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/

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http://www.chompchomp.com/irregular05/irregular05.htm

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http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.htmlo http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/http://www.how-to-draw-funny-cartoons.com/index.html