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04 18MSEC - Webinar 1
04 18MSEC - Webinar 1
04 18MSEC - Webinar 1
Language (EFL)
SESSION 4: WEBINAR 1
Master’s Degree in Teacher Training
1. Introductory Padlet
2. Introductory Video
3. General Questions (1-6)
4. Specific Questions (7-10)
5. Recommended Video
6. Bonus: ClassCraft
Readings
• (Gibbens, Gettle, Thompson, & Muller, 2015)
• (Ling, 2018)
https://padlet.com/javiercanas/6hvqqbp
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There's a lot of
overlapping attributes and
elements to game-based
learning and
gamification, but they
really aren't the same
thing!
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=kHn0Maj8ygs
Examples:
Examples:
• Hangman
• Duolingo • (Words) Bingo
(https://en.duolingo.com/) • Stop!/Scattergories
• Habitica (https://habitica.com/) • Story cubes
• Classcraft
Examples:
• Can be used to improve all skills but depending on
• Ss write one or two sentences, fold the paper and hand the
the age.
paper to the next person and the next person has to
• Listening and speaking seem easier to include. continue the story.
• Chinese whispers (speaking and listening).
• It depends on the game-elements that you are
• Sentence races (reading and writing).
going to use.
• Students in groups have to write all words they know about
a topic. Then, they say all the words, they got 2 point per
• Writing might be more difficult to improve.
word, 1 if the word is said by the other group. Later, they
• Depends on what you as the teacher need it to have to say or write one sentence using as many words as
they can. They got points per word. Then, the other group
focus on, what your objective is for that hour. has to continue the history with other sentence.
• Mention 5 key words in a well-known fairy tale + 1
unrelated word. Then write a new story with those 6 words
(for writing or speaking)
• ‘Simon Says’. (speaking and listening)
• Treasure Hunt (reading and listening).
• Read a story and write a possible ending (reading and
writing)
• Puzzles (listening and speaking)
SESSION 4: WEBINAR 1 9/9/22
3. General Questions
• It is highly important.
• 2 basic types of motivation:
• Extrinsic: students want to do it for an external
reason.
• Intrinsic: students want to do it because they like it.
• 2 additional types of motivation:
• Integrative: cultural purposes (e.g. desire to know
about a specific culture)
• Instrumental: pragmatic purposes (e.g. desire to be
promoted)
Advantages: Disadvantages:
increased. • Overexcitement.
• English writing:
• I think it is difficult because there is a lot of things to keep in mind: spelling, connectors, grammar,
• Possible solution: Text-to-speech apps. Portfolio, working cooperatively, peer correction, PBL
• General writing:
• There is a wide range of genres. There is a lot of information to learn in order to be proficient at
all of them.
• Writing is a skill that requires the knowledge of rules, spelling, grammar, organization...
• Solutions: find interesting topics to write about. Follow a model; give students time to process all
those information. Teach prewriting strategies. Tips for correct spelling, grammar, etc.
• They seem great but there was a lot of preparation for the teachers,
• Yes since they seem to scaffold or support the students steps by steps
and breaking the tasks into pieces so that, they can reach the final
goals by doing previous tasks through the use of games.
• Both focus on the active participation of the students, in the writing one
the students have to manipulate the text for example.
• Everything is useful if you apply it appropriately.
• They reflect flipped classroom methods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOssYTimQwM
https://www.classcraft.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQfNFTMc8kA
• Webreferences:
• https://www.bookwidgets.com/
• https://www.classcraft.com/