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4A TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOM

Reading
 Lead in

Discuss the following questions with
your partner.

1 What kinds of technology tools are there in
your classroom?
2 What benefits do you think technology has
for your class?

Listening
a Work in pairs and answer the following

questions.
a Work in groups. Do you agree with the following
statements? Why/ Why not? 1 Look at the photo. What are they doing?
2 Would you rather work in groups or on
1 Using Information Technology in class draws
students’ attention and increases their your own? Give reasons.
motivation.
2 Only teachers should transfer knowledge to
students in classroom. FLIPPED LEARNING
3 You can learn a language on your own, using Antony Arch is an English Language teacher at a
technology. university in the USA.
b Listen to the audio and answer the questions. I started teaching English fifteen years ago in a
Track17 high school. At the beginning of my teaching career,
1 What did Carol do to improve her English? I used PowerPoint presentations and recordings in
my classes to draw students’ attention. Over the last
thirteen years, I have always tried to apply the latest
2 How long did it take for Carol to be at methods in my classrooms by taking my students’
intermediate level in English? needs and interests into account. However, everything
has changed recently because of the intense use of
information technologies in our daily life.
3 Where did Wang study English? Educators who would like to make a difference in
students’ lives have integrated technology into their
instruction to engage students actively in learning
4 Why did Victoria get bored of her process. Students usually prefer digital tools such
previous language school? as tablets, smart boards, computers and digital
cameras in class because they believe that these
kinds of materials make learning more interesting,

enjoyable and fun. Therefore, I decided to change
c Discuss with your partner. What do you usually my traditional teaching ways to enhance students’
do to improve your English language skills? active participation in classroom activities such

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