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Computer assisted learning (Blogs): Technique for teenagers and adults

Nowadays, as computer and the internet are now widespread, computer assisted learning is all over the world. As a major example of computer assisted learning, blogs are now a way of teaching English language. It is called "classroom outside the classroom". Blogs can be used in two ways: The first one is that students can be encouraged to write and post their blogs. It is an easy way of reaching the writings works of the students to check them and to give feedback. Moreover, when they write their blogs, their friends can see it and comment on it. They can enjoy writing publicly. The second one is that teachers can write and post their blogs. That provides students to learn from their teacher's blogs and comment on their teacher's blogs. Furthermore, teacher can assign homework or projects to students and students do their homework and send them back. Teacher can give feedback very easily. On the other hand, teacher also has an opportunity to control teaching outside the classroom.

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The 4S Approach To Literacy And Language :Technique for young learners

4S stands for Symbols, Sounds, Sight, and Self and it can be introduced at any age and skill level and is for lifelong learning. The methodology emphasizes the importance of knowing and understanding:


 * the characteristics of the English language, for example, how some symbols (letters) can make more than one sound, e.g. “c” = camel – city – cello – cuisine. Meanwhile, different symbols can make the same sound, e.g. “k” = key – cane – mosque – track – ache.
 * word structures, and that the vast majority of English words are “syllabic”, e.g. departmental = de/part/ment/al and are made from symbol combinations (clusters) not from single letters. For example, clock is cl + ock, and NOT c+l+o+c+k.
 * the relationships between words, i.e. phonic, structural or graphical, base word, root word, and functional.

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