I could not think that NBC can be used for teaching language tool in the classroom before.
I thought it's too priviate and individual, and there is not so many things that teachers can do in the class for the instruction.
However, while practicing NBC in the last classroom myself, I found out that it could be great tool for language teaching and learning.
Teachers could let students talk on some topic and record them in the classroom. Teachers could check the conversation afterward and give feedback on them.
It can be a good tool for role play too. Many students feel shy when they do 'role play' in front of other students and a teacher, but if it's on the net, they will feel less anxiety.
It also can be used as an assessment tool. The things we need to consider when we assess the NBC are whether we assess them individually or by group, and whether evaluate their fluency or accuracy. It could be different depending on the purpose and characters of the assessment.
good ideas, Suhyun!
답글삭제Suhyun, the special chat program made for the lab where we have class (it's not the one we used) allows the instructor to see all the chats at once (or to be invisible) and to participate when he/she wants. It also automatically saves all the transcripts. I'm still learning about it, but it's crazy powerful, designed with instructors in mind, and I really like it! :)
답글삭제ah.. I didn't know that. Thank you Katie~ ^^
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