Activities in the class room using a computer

Computer-based classes are likely to increase in terms of their number as well as impact in English language learning. More and more teachers are trying to use commercially available software as well as Internet resources.

Examples of Teacher-Made Activities

Activity No. 1 - Editing

·         Equipment:

·         MS Word and e-mail

·         Objective(s)

·         Paragraph writing

·         Preparation

·         Prepare five topics for paragraph writing.

·         Classroom procedure

·         Students work in groups of five. Each student writes a paragraph on the given topic using MS Word. The paragraph is then e-mailed to the next student in the group.

·         Each student gets to edit 4 paragraphs. The student edits it using Track Changes feature in MS Word.

·         Each student chooses a different colors to make editing changes.

·         When the editing is done, each student looks at his/her edited piece. They discuss the changes with the editors, and accept or reject changes.

·         Each student then reports what rules they learned in this process.

Tips

 

·         You can provide a specific focus to this activity. For instance, ask the students to use sentence connectors and discourse organisers in their paragraphs. The editors edit the paragraph keeping their focus on these items.

In my opinion the is a effective way for student to lean to write paragraph beside   students learn how to use a computer.