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Kamis, 26 Januari 2012

Tugas Aliyah 3

The Writing Exam

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Tugas Aliyah 2

The Answer of Questions

1.    Have you analyzed / conducted the same activity before? If yes, in what subject? if not, why?
Answer:
Never, because I haven’t got it in my subject at campus. I just writing without analyze the level of vocabulary, just use the common word when I am writing.
2.    What is your opinion about the analyzing vocabulary levels through www.lextutor.ca?
Answer:
I think it’s a good program. Because, through this site we can analyze our vocabularies level, whether we always use the common word or academic word in writing.
3.    What do you think about your vocabulary levels after analyzing them through www.lextutor.ca?
Answer:
After I use the www.lextutor.ca, I have analyzed my word if I use more common vocabulary than academic vocabulary or other vocabulary. Talking about my vocabulary level. Absolutely, it is still low and far from the perfect when I try to analyzed it by using www.lextutor.ca
4.    In what course do you need to improve your writing and academic vocabulary?
Answer:
I think I need to improve my writing and academic vocabulary in writing a scientific writing such as write a thesis, article or journal
5.    Are you familiar with the vocabulary levels given in www.lextutor.ca?
Answer: No, I’m not
6.    Have you learnt about those vocabulary levels?
Answer: I haven’t learnt it before.
7.     Is academic vocabulary important for you as a university student? if yes, what for?, if not, why?
Answer:
Yes, it is used to support our learning especially in writing subject because academic vocabulary is vocabulary level for university student. And it is important in write essay or thesis. 
8.    Do you think that this analyzing activity is useful to support your learning, especially in writing?
Answer:  Yes, I do. It is very useful for me. Specially in writing skill.
9.    what course/learning material do you think should be suggested to improve your writing ability and high vocabulary level quality?
Answer :
Absolutely, ICT, CALL and the other are very useful for me and if we are asked in what manner, actually we can use it in all manner that we want, can be in education or in business, it is depend on us.
10.              Do you think that ICT/CALL/internet utilization is useful? Why? And in what manner?
Answer:
Yes I do, ICT/CALL/internet utilization is useful because with study about CALL/ICT we can know many think about internet. Honestly, after I studied CALL I get many knowledge especially about blog, I don’t know about it before, how the blog is. In CALL learning I have known about it, and now I can design my blog, it is very interesting. Not only about blog but there are much knowledge.
11.              What is your impressions and suggestions of CALL subjects and activities?
Answer:
My impression during learn CALL is very interesting although sometime it make me stress and confused when task online.  And my suggested for CALL subject is when learning process should be in the lab, so that we can practice directly while the instructor give material.   



task from aliyah

Nama  : Nurfadila
NIM    : 20401108071
Group : PBI 3
Education and Civilization
    Education was very important role in human life, because education can affect the ability, personality and social life of individuals. In the Islamic religion have a place in education role for the progress of the Muslim leader in spreading the teachings of Islam. Islamic education related to the development of society, it is necessary to pay attention to the theory and reality of how the educational goals can be achieved. Thus the theory can provide a description of the ideal and the reality of society is the education guidelines in practice.
    Islamic Education have strong links with civilization, with an increasingly modern human civilization, the human mind will become more sophisticated. Humans get the privilege to be a caliph in the earth for the natural process and its contents. Only through science and faith alone is the task of the Caliphate can be a blessing fulfilled and the benefits for nature and all His creatures. When linked with the history of Islamic civilization, the human being is a function that is used to continue the civilization in the past to run a modern civilization. The history of Islamic civilization is used as a guide for people not to fall in negative things and people can grasp the importance of the Qur'an as a source of knowledge for the development of the era.
    Knowledge has an important role to build a civilization. However, if knowledge is only issued as a theory without any application, it would not make a civilization. That's what happens in the Islamic world today, where the development of science and technology to grow rapidly, but the Muslims have left behind compared to others, especially Western countries are a developed country for now.
    Certainly, this matter becomes a question in our minds, why western countries become developed countries, while Islam is widely sued for the educated, have a good theory actually decreased. Islam is a setback, can be caused by the application of knowledge in Islam is very less. Many Muslims memorize the Qur'an and hadith, but not many of those who can implement it properly. For example, an organization of Islam but they do not behave as a Muslim, they damage the facilities, and beating up innocent people, whereas Islam does not teach to do violence. Another example is, of Muslim-majority Indonesia, but many government officials who engage in corruption, even though Islam forbids us to steal. This is a reality that we can see today, though Islam is the true religion, only those less implement Islamic teachings contained in the Qur'an and hadith.
        From the discussion above it can be concluded that islam, education and civilization between theory and reality are intimately connected to one another, because Islam is very concerned with education, and with education, people can use the education they can get to form a civilization. Relation to the present era, there is no doubt that western civilization is more advanced than Islam, it is considered apart from the aspects of education, which the West considers education as information about something, then with the knowledge that they can, with perseverance, and spirit which knows no surrender , they can create advanced technologies that help human civilization. As with the civilization of Muslims who have left behind due to lack of knowledge they can apply, but so much theoretical knowledge they acquire, but they do not apply in today's reality. Therefore, it is expected that all Muslims, to be able to rise from adversity and can continue to learn, and apply their knowledge so as to keep pace.
the result of www.lextutor.ca
      education was very important role in human life because education can affect the ability personality and social life of individuals in the islamic religion have a place in education role for the progress of the muslim leader in spreading the teachings of islam islamic education related to the development of society it is necessary to pay attention to the theory and reality of how the educational goals can be achieved thus the theory can provide a description of the ideal and the reality of society is the education guidelines in practice
        islamic education have strong links with civilization with an increasingly modern human civilization the human mind will become more sophisticated humans get the privilege to be a caliph in the earth for the natural process and its contents only through science and faith alone is the task of the caliphate can be a blessing fulfilled and the benefits for nature and all his creatures when linked with the history of islamic civilization the human being is a function that is used to continue the civilization in the past to run a modern civilization the history of islamic civilization is used as a guide for people not to fall in negative things and people can grasp the importance of the qur an as a source of knowledge for the development of the era
     knowledge has an important role to build a civilization however if knowledge is only issued as a theory without any application it would not make a civilization that is what happens in the islamic world today where the development of science and technology to grow rapidly but the muslims have left behind compared to others especially western countries are a developed country for now
certainly this matter becomes a question in our minds why western countries become developed countries while islam is widely sued for the educated have a good theory actually decreased islam is a setback can be caused by the application of knowledge in islam is very less many muslims memorize the qur an and hadith but not many of those who can implement it properly for example an organization of islam but they do not behave as a muslim they damage the facilities and beating up innocent people whereas islam does not teach to do violence another example is of muslim majority indonesia but many government officials who engage in corruption even though islam forbids us to steal this is a reality that we can see today though islam is the true religion only those less implement islamic teachings contained in the qur an and hadith
       from the discussion above it can be concluded that islam education and civilization between theory and reality are intimately connected to one another because islam is very concerned with education and with education people can use the education they can get to form a civilization relation to the present era there is no doubt that western civilization is more advanced than islam it is considered apart from the aspects of education which the west considers education as information about something then with the knowledge that they can with perseverance and spirit which knows no surrender they can create advanced technologies that help human civilization as with the civilization of muslims who have left behind due to lack of knowledge they can apply but so much theoretical knowledge they acquire but they do not apply in today reality therefore it is expected that all muslims to be able to rise from adversity and can continue to learn and apply their knowledge so as to keep pace

Jumat, 13 Januari 2012

SUMMARY OF CALL, final test 1


Name  : Nurfadila
Nim     : 20401108071
Group : PBI 3
SUMMARY OF CALL
A.  Unit 1
In unit 1, we talk about CALL, its definition, its history, and its scope. CALL is the acronym for computer-assisted language learning. Although,as we will see below,the field or significant parts of it sometimes go by others name, CALL seems to be the most widely accepted generic term. In this foundation CALL will be use in a broad sense to any endeavor involving the computer in some significant way in language teaching and learning.
CALL began in the 1960s with mainframe-based drill and practice materials, especially those based on the University of Illinois’ PLATO system. Early programs were written by teacher-developers on Apple II, IBM PC, and BBC computer, and were often distributed for free. In the late 1980s and early 90s, the Apple Macintosh replaced the Apple II in many educational settings in the US and became an immediate favorite among teacher-developers because of the support of Hypercard, a powerful but easy-to-use authoriting. During this period the use of the computer as a tool increased, especially as teachers developed innovative techniques for using email and word processor become integrated into writing classes. CALL is integrated into language learning activities both in and out of the class. In 2009, I published a four-volume edited set, computer assisted language learning : Critical concepts in Linguistics (Routledge), an anthology of 74 key articles covering the whole field of CALL.
The scopes of CALL are :                                                      
·      As researches : into second language acquisition, human-computer interaction, what works for CALL
·      As consumers of CALL software for class use or building web activities into course work
·      As director, helping student find and use supplementary CALL material  or web resources.
·      As manager of computer-mediated communication among learners in and out of class
·      As software or web developes either “from scratch” or adding new materials to existing templates
·      As coaches, to help student develop software, websites, and general computer literacy
·      As CALL experts for your program helping other teacher and administrator with CALL implementation.
·      As CALL professionals, consulting on external project, doing software review for journals, making conference presentations, writing papers, interpreting and applying CALL research, providing input to the field at large.   
Three phases of CALL are:
·      Behavioristic CALL
The first phase of CALL based on the then-dominant behaviorist theories of learning. Programs of this  phase entailed repetitive language drill and can be referred to as “drill and practice.”
·      Communicative CALL
The second phase of CALL based on the communicative approach to teaching which become prominent in the 1970s and 80s. proponents of this approach felt that drill and practice programs of the previous decade did not allow enough authentic communication to be much value.
·      Integrated CALL
Integrated approaches to CALL are based on two important technological developments of the last decade-multimedia computer and the internet.

B.  Unit 2
In unit 2, we talk about Courseware evaluation, development, and Implementation. The term courseware,which refers to software that is used to support formal language learning.In practice,courseware has been used to refer to everything from complete software packages that can be used without a teacher to software that is just a part of a language learning course,sometimes a minor or optional supplementary part.
The three of modules, they are :
·      Development module
Courseware development refers to the process of going from the idea of creating a piece of tutorial software through the final product. It should be informed by general principles of instructional design
·      Evaluation module
Evaluation involves three kinds of considerations. a crucial aspect is to understand what courseware does first before attempting to judge it.
·      Implementation module
·      Implementation considerations are relevant during the evaluation process, but they become crucial when deciding how best to use software that is available.

C.  Unit 3
In unit 3, we talk about Computer Mediated Communication. CMC ( Computer Mediated Communication ) computers are a means through which teachers communicate with learners, learners communicate with one another and learners may even communicate with native speakers. That communication takes place through variations in the following elements : timing (synchronous or asynchronous), number and patterning of participant ( one to one, one to many, or many to many), and medium *text, voice, or video).

Text-based CMC
            Due to both the history of technology development and the ease of text use, most CMC has been done using the medium of text. We will look at the text uses both for their own value and as a vehicle for introducing concepts relevant to audio and video-based CMC. There are two kinds of text, they are :
-          Asynchronous text. The first use of CMC in language teaching almost certainly came through email exchanges from teachers to students within classes. Email is an example of asynchronous communication, in that the interaction is not in real time. With email teachers can receive homework from students and give responses to it. Students can communicate with another to practice using the language. There are a number of sites that provide services for linking up such as interpals (www.interpals.net) and a popular one for ESL learners is Dave’s ESL cafe (www.eslcafe.com/students). Students can log into existing discussion lists specially for teachers.
-          Synchronous text. With synchronous text, or chat, the messages are exchange in text form, ut in real time. Some of the early research on CMC was built around a type of chat program, interchange. Chat rooms are easily found on the web through portals like yahoo, chat rooms for english language learners available at sites such as Dave’s ESL cafe and EnglishBaby (www.englishbaby.com).
Audio / Video CMC
            Asynchronous audio. Like text, audio or video interaction can be either asynchronous or synchronous. One example of asynchronous voice interaction would be the voicemail services, using this the setudents with voice-enabled computers can leave messages for one another. An excellent free resource for doing such recordings is Audicity (http://audicity.sourceforge.net/) for both PCs and Macs.
            Asynchronous video. This area has not been  as well-developed, due partly to the bandwidth requirements for using video. While there are many sites for sharing video (most notably www.youtube.com).

D.  Unit 4
            In unit 4, we talk about CALL on the web in more depth, the Web is also where you find the most common tool applications for CALL, in particular the browsers and online video players that give access to a seemingly endless collection of both dedicated and authentic English language material. The web has featured in many of the CALL articles and conference presentations since the mid 1990s.

Disadvantages of the Web.
There are some disadvantages of the web, they are :
·      Text-based material on the web is sometimes not as easy to read as material in paper format because of font color and background choices.
·      Sound and video sometimes take a noticeable time to transfer, even on fast connections. Newer forms of streaming have improved this drammatically, but the web is still not as responsive as a CD-ROM, DVD or the hard drive on a TiVo or other digital video.
·      Sound and video are typically compressed to spend up transfer : depending on the degree of compression and other factors they can be of noticeably lower quality than the original. This can affect their suitability for supporting language learning. Also some of the free material on sites like www.youtube.com were of poor audio or video quality even in their original state (for example, if taken with a mobile phone).
Down servers or broken links may lead to frustation.

Advantages of the Web.
There are many good reasons for using the Web for language learning activities, they are :
·      There is anytime, anywhere access ( for some people at least)
·      There are enormous amounts of free material
·      Material can be found that is current
·      Language reference and other learning support materials can be found
·      Student and teacher publication opportunities exist
·      A cultural window is opened through the authentic material readily available
·      Meaning technologies, such as transcripts, dictionaries, and tranlators, exist to aid comprehension of material
·      Increasing amounts of audio and video allow building of comprehension skills beyond reading
·      Previous disk-based activities (like tutorial exercises) and internet-based activities (like email) can often be handled through the web
The key to using the web is to be prepared. Know what the objective of your lesson is and try to make sure students are trained in what they need to know to accomplish that objective. Try to build some flexibility into the assignment or activity so that if something isn’t working as expected it can still go on.
Here are few tasks to help you connect the material here to your language teaching :
·      The web can be resource for both classroom and online lessons: take a look at two or three of the lesson plans on the web (use google (www.google.com) to find “ESL lesson plans” if none of of the sites above has what’re you looking for.
·      Meaning technologies like Babylon (www.babylon.com) and online scripts for audio and video can hinder as well as help, since they can interfere with normal language processing. What are some ways to use them positively and to train learners in their use?
·      Try three or four of the sites listed above that you haven’t visited before. Note ways you might use them in current or future classes.
·         Increasingly, the term “web 2.0” is appearing on the web and elsewhere. What is web 2.0? there are examples of it here, such as www.youtube.com if you don’t know what is is, go to a manifestation of it at www.wikipedia.org and look up the term. How do you think web 2.0 is changing language teaching.


E.  Unit 5
In unit 5, we talk about CALL and Language Skills. Skills-oriented language teaching remains a common approach for classes as well as for self-learning, and computer-assisted language learning is not exception. In this unit, we look at how both tool and tutor software can be used to support specific skills. In particular, we will look at some websites that focus on these skill areas.
There are some skill areas for CALL, they are :
1.      Listening
Listening is potentially one of the most promising areas for CALL development. This is because multimedia computing has everything standard audio and video have with the addition of variety of meaning technologies such as text support, hyperlinked glossaries, and even translation. One type of presentation specific to CALL is the punctuated presentation, in which the flow is interrupted at intervals to ask question along the way. Examples of course website for two of my recent listening classes are at www.standford.edu/`efs/693a and www.standford.edu/`efs/efs693b/. And useful dedicated  ESL listening sites : they are www.esl-lab.com, www.ello.org, and www.lingual.net.
2.       Speaking
In terms of direct practice of speaking, recent developments on the web have allowed for voice chat sites which make it possible for learners and teachers to interact through the internet in distance education courses. Asynchronous speaking practice is possible through www.wimba.com, using internet voice mail, or simply attaching sound files to email.
3.      Reading
In the early days of CALL, reading software was designed to improve skills in order to transfer them to paper materials. Here some other ways CALL can be used to support reading : just using the web, educational sites with ESL or adult literacy support, text reconstruction activities, such as storyboard, cloze exercises and jigsaw readings, timed or paced readings to develop speed, for example, www.readingsoft.com/. Online graded readers such as those at www.eslreading.org/.
4.      Writing
Writing was revolutionized for everyone with word processing, and the addition of spell checkers has been quite helpful. Grammar and style checkers are much less useful to date. Writing has also been a common skill taught as a course through distance education using in the Internet. Writing publication opportunities are ready available through Wikis and Blogs.
5.      Grammar
Grammar practice was perhaps the earliest use of CALL. Today grammar work is largely focused on the following : workbook-style exercises at www.grammar-quizzes.com/, grammar test prep materials especially TOEFL at www.toefl.com, online courses and references at http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.cfm, and grammar portals such as www.esltower.com/.
6.      Pronounciation
Pronounciation work is generally of three types :
·         Listen, repeat/record, and compare.
·         Visualization ; wave form, pitch contour, spectogram.
·         ASR (automatic speech recognition) scoring.
7.      Vocabulary
Other common CALL implementations for vocabulary include the following.
·         Hypertext dictionaries/glossaries. Babylon (www.babylon.com) is a commercial memory-resident dictionary system that runs in the background on your computer.
·         Talking dictionaries : Longman, Oxford, and Newbury House have learner’s dictionaries.
·         Concordance programs.
·         Picture dictionaries : http://www.pdictionary.com/ has a picture dictionary for English, spanish, french, german, and Italian.
·         Word lists and vocabulary tests for English.
An outstanding site for vocabulary teaching and research tools is Tom Cobb’s Compleat Lexical Tutor : http://www.lextutor.ca/.
8.      Culture
Obviously, this is a huge area for foreign language teaching, where authentic cultural material is readily accessible through the web. There are many ways to use the authentic material found on websites to support cultural learning. At you tube, http://www.youtube.com.

F.   Unit 6
In unit 6, we talk about CALL Research. So far, we have been going through this course with the implicit assumption that CALL works, that teaching language using computers in using computers in some way makes learning “ better”. Here are some possible interpretations :
·      Learners pick up language knowledge or skills faster or with less effort (learning efficiency)
·      Learners pick up what is targeted, retain language knowledge or skills longer, and/or learn more of what they need (effectiveness)
·      Learners can get materials or experience interactions that would otherwise be difficult or impossible (access)
·      Learners can learn with more or less equal effectiveness across a wider range of time/places (convenience)
·      Learners enjoy the language learning process more or are willing to engage in it more (motivation)
·      Learners require less space, less teacher time, or less experience materials (institutional efficiency)

CALL Research Trends
            Research has continued in all areas of CALL but recently has focused on several identifiable areas, such as :
·         Computer mediated communication; especially, interaction in synchronous chat settings and email in tandem settings
·         Visual, text and sound annotation to promote comprehension and vocabulary acquisition
·         Effectiveness of online collaborative and constructivist activities, including development of communities.
There are several avenues available to teachers in the role of researchers of their own classroom or students. They are :
·      Observation. When your students are using software or doing a computer-ased task in a lab where you can watch them. You can look over their shoulder, check their interactions, and make brief notes of what you notice.
·      Tracking. Some software has built-in tracking features. If you are using a discussion board, all student posts can be reviewed.
·      Student surveys. Ask specific questions about usage-note that it’s best to do this as soon as possible after a CALL session sense memories fade rapidly.
·      Pre- and post- testing to evaluate outcomes of the use of technology.
·      Student journals. Getting students to keep a reflective journal of their experiences with software.
·      Other studies : case study, action research, descriptive qualitative study, experiment.

G.  Unit 7
In unit 7, we talk about CALL Learner Training. CALL has given us some amazing possibilities create a problem. Absent a teacher, students using computers are typically given more control over their own learning. One way out of this dilemma is to spend time training learners in dealing appropriately with this new environment.
There are three alternatives to CALL learner training. They are :
·         One solution is to try to build software in such a way that it adapts to the learner on a number of different levels : language proficiency, computer proficiency, learning style, topical interest, motivational type and intensity, and so on.
·         A second alternative is to take the philosophical position that learners have a right to self discovery and that left alone they will naturally move to the strategies that work for them and that are consonant with their learning style.
·         A third alternative is to acknowledge that learners would profit from training  but that it’s just too much trouble to train them since it obviously takes a lot of time away from other aspects of language learning and there’s no guarantee it will be successful.
Training can be divided at least into two areas : technical and pedagogical.
·         Technical training naturally includes general computer literacy, but of greater interest here is learning technical skills and knowledge of particular value to language learning.
Here is one example : most audio/video players, for instance ( Real, QuickTime, Windows Media), often have a default setting is small. But by dragging the bottom right corner, the player can be stretched.
Here’s another example : recent versions of Windows Media Player have a “play speed” control that allows learners to slow down (or speed up) sound files (accessed through View> Enhancements>play speed settings).
·         Pedagogical training that is, how to use the tutorial software or tool effectively to meet specific learning objectives.

There are five principles for learner training, they are :
·         Experience CALL yourself. Try a piece of CALL software (like Rosetta Stone) for a language you don’t know, or visit a chatroom for a language you aren’t fluent in.
·         Give learners teacher training. Let them know some of what you know if they are to become more independent.
·         Use a cyclical approach. Teach a bit at a time. Don’t just have a training session at the beginning and think your job is done.
·         Use a collaborative debriefings. Get learners to discuss their experiences, successes and failures with the CALL tasks and software in pairs or small group.
·         Teach general exploitation strategies. Show the learners ways to use software to make it easier if it’s too hard and harder if it’s too easy.