OPEN ENDED TOOLS AND

THEIR USES IN TEACHING

AND LEARNING LANGUAGE
SKILLS

REPORTER: MARRA CERILLA

OPEN ENDED TOOLS

Productivity software applications are ICT Tools, which help the teachers and the leraners to
make their learning together concrete, efficient, encouraging , and meaningful.

Teaching-learning process use, the use of these tools play a vital role as it helps meet the
demands of the learners in the 21st century classroms.
Palmer (2015) teachers need to demonstrate 21st century characteristics to be able
to meet the demands of the 21st century learners.
Characteristics in the context of language teaching are briefly presented for teachers to :

1. Create learner-centered classroom and make instruction personalized because learners have
different personalities, goals, and needs;

2. Facilitate the student’s productivity skills so they can produce, when assisted and given the
chance, movies that are helpful to enhance their language proficiency:
3. Learn new technologies since technology keeps on developing and leraning a tool once is not
an option for teachers;

4. Go global to allow students to learn languages, culture, and acquire communication skills
virtual;

5. Be smart and allow the use of devices as aids to language acquisitions;

6. Do blogging. This will give teachers the real experience to see the value of writing for real
audience an destablishing their digital presence;
7. Go digital to help promote the “go paperless” advocacy and to help level up the language
learning experiences of the students through digital discussions and alike;

8. Collaborate with other educators and students to give opportunity for the sharing of great ideas
beyond a conversation and paper copy;

9. Use web chats to share research and ideas and stay updated in the field;
10. Connect with like minded inviduals through using media tools like the social media;

11. Introduce project Based-learning to allow students to develop their driving questions,
conduct research, contact experts, and create their projects for sharing with the use of existing
device present;

12. Build positive digital footprint that aims to model appropriate use of social media, produce
and publish valuable content, and create shareable resources;
13. Code as it is today’s literacy which helps boost students’ writing skills as the feeling of
writing a page with HTML is amazing.

14. Innovate to expand their teaching toolbox for the sake of their students by engaging social
media for discussions and announcements and using new formula like TED talks in presenting
their lessons; and

15. Keep learning.

SCAFFOLDING IN STUDENT LEARNING

Scaffolding is used to refer different forms of support given to guide and facilitate and learning
process (World links, 2008).

Three Main Categories of Scaffolding

1. Materials and resources

2. Instruction; and
3. Student grouping
a. Determine what the students already know (prior knowledge)
b. Set a goal for learning (Learning process)
c. Plan instructional supports or how skills/strategies can be broken down.
d. Implement lessons and monitor progress (formative assessment/feedback)
e. Fade support over time for students to become independently successful.
f. Continue building on content monitoring, and providing feedback.
EXAMPLES:

• Learning plans
• Assessment tools
• Templates and forms
• Graphic organizer
• And others.
THANK YOU !