In-Class Task 1

1. Please introduce yourself. 

Assalamualaikum...my name is Nur Amaliah Binti Mohamed Fadzil. some people call me amal, amaliah, no, ano, anone. but juz call me amal. easier. i'm from gong badak, kuala terengganu. i have 7 siblings and i am the youngest. this is my final sem.part 8. so im everyone's senior. hihi..my current craze is surfing the internet all day long..

2. How would you rate yourself in terms of your computer skills and why? (e.g. expert, novice,savvy, geek, illiterate etc)

well, i would say im a tech-savvy.in short, im not really expert neither too ignorant.hehe

3. What computer software and hardware knowledge do you have?

emm..well, since i am just a savvy in this field, so i only know basic knowledge of computer software and hardware. the microsoft office, games, antivirus, laptop, printer, CPU, firefox, google, yahoo, IE, opera and such. nothing much to be proud of really..juz basic things...things dat i learnt through time.

4. Have you experienced learning via the computer (online, etc)?

my first learning experience via the computer is when i was in secondary school. my teacher taught us basic things about microsoft office - word, excel, powerpoint etc. and during creative writing days, (the last 3 sems i guess) we started to learn how to use blog.  we had to post all the assignments in our blog.just like this one. which i would say make our life much easier..  :D

5. Did you try to incorporate technology in your some of your lessons during your practicum? Was it a success or a failure? If you did not what was/were the reason(s)?

actually, i have plan for this.i did. but i am at disadvantage. bcoz im teaching for the afternoon session. the morning session teacher holds the keys for computer lab. my friend once tried but it's kind of hard to handle them as the students get tooo excited juz being in the lab. and plus, the students take lots of time to go to the computer lab n back to their class  again since it quite far.it really wasting mine and other teachers' time.

6. What is your opinion on the use of computer/technology in language teaching?

in my own opinion, i think it is best to use computer or technology in language teaching regardless of my experience during practicum. bcoz i found out that most students nowadays are tech-savvy and they are very fond of this technology.they know a lot about computer and internet. so as a teacher, we have to guide them to the right path. i mean the computer and internet are not juz for games like dota or maple, but they are actually very useful for the sake of their learning.

7. What are your expectations from this course?

C.A.L.L. computer.assisted.language.learning. looking at these words, i expect that in the future i will be able make something useful out of this course by using computer + technology in helping the future students in learning the language especially in English with great interest like they are playing online games.hopefully...  and i want good marks for this course of course.dats fo'sho!  ;)