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Develop Communication Skills Using Social Media

Department of Foreign LanguagesCarlos G. Garcia

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Agenda

• Introduction– Dr. Reynol Junco research

• Background• What I am doing?• What else I am doing?• Students’ comments• Q&A

3IntroductionDr. Reynol Junco research

• Describe with one word:– Social Media– Facebook– Twitter

4IntroductionDr. Reynol Junco research

5IntroductionDr. Reynol Junco research

6IntroductionDr. Reynol Junco research

7BackgroundTeaching Foreign Languages

Writing Skills

Comprehension skills

Oral skills

• Grammar• Writing different

types of documents

• Listening• Finding the Main

Idea

• Pronunciation• Organize ideas

logically

8BackgroundTeaching Foreign Languages

Classroom of the 70’s Classroom of the 90’s

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9BackgroundTeaching Foreign Languages

Current Classroom Current Classroom

Writing, comprehension and Oral skills Class Size 18-25

• Active learning– students solve problems, answer questions,

formulate questions of their own, discuss, explain, debate, or brainstorm during class

• Cooperative learning– students work in teams on problems and

projects under conditions that assure both positive interdependence and individual accountability

• Inductive teaching and learning– students are first presented with challenges

(questions or problems) and learn the course material in the context of addressing the challenges.

– Dr. Felder. STUDENT-CENTERED TEACHING AND LEARNING. http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Student-Centered.html

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What I am doing? (once per week)Class Plan Lecture + Class Activity

• In groups of three prepare 6 sentences using:– Future tense– First, second and third person

of the singular (I, You and He/She/It)

– Write them down in a piece of paper

– When you are ready, raise your hand

• 5 minutes– Objective

• 5 minutes– Introduction

• What do they know?– Poll Everywhere– Question: What do you

know about future tense?

• 10 minutes– Lecture

• 30 minutes:– Class Activity

• (SPAN202 W4 group 3)

• Homework - Journal

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What I am doing?• AudioBoo

– Record begins:• Students speak out loud their

sentences.• Instructor speaks out loud their

sentences.

– Record ends.

– Listen to the Boo.• http://audioboo.fm

/boos/666467-span202-w4-group-3

– Compare and contrast their pronunciation with instructor pronunciation.

John:

El caballo correrá en el campo.

Mañana ire al cine.

Mara:

Este fin de semana viajaré ami casa.

Hoy comeré pizza.

Stephanie:

Estudiaré mucho hoy.Trabajaré este fin de semanaEn mi proyecto.

Exercise with the audience

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What I am doing?

• Homework:– Post at the Facebook

page what you will do this weekend, using:• Future tense• First, second and third

person of the singular (I, You and He/She/It)

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What else I am doing?

• Three hundred and four hundred courses– Online discussions:

• Synchronous• Asynchronous

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Students’ comments

• Poll Everywhere

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Q&A