Thứ Hai, 1 tháng 2, 2010

During the courses you taught me , I keep them in my mind , in general and especially these last two courses, in particular. I have learnt and obtained a lot of useful skills and knowledge such as; teaching methodology, experiences from my classmate in controling the classroom and so on . I have also gained a lot of new knowledge in summarizing the content of the book which help me improve my ability much more and better and better. From my classmates, I have learnt their teaching methods , thoughts, capacities ect..... thanks to them I have adjusted some difficulties which I have coped with when I stand in font of the class such as ; making decisions in choosing the topics , knowing how to direct the students more attractive and much more effective. Especially , I have got to know your deep and wide elicitings and expectings. Your working style has made me understand the importance of teaching. More importantly, You have always circled and applied different teaching skills in warm-up activities and suitable purposes as well. I have experienced in working in pair activities which I have never had chance to do. Up to now, I am a master in science of teaching English as a foreign language so I have understood the demand of teaching English as a foreign language with teachers. That is the reason why I have to get futher training . thanks to you , I have understood that I play an important role in teaching English for students. I have also learnt your experiences in obtaining the objectives of each lesson and level. Teaching English as a foreign language is very difficult to lazy english teachers and lacks social knowledge , creative abilities , humour and so on. More difficultly , english teacher donot spend a lot of time on preparing the knowledge which relate to lessons. Teaching english as a foreign language is very interesting and easy if english teachers specialize in teaching for next generation and country in the future. Especially , non-native teachers need to be studious from the other in particular environment. Those are what I have learnt from these last two courses and I am doing my best to turn what I learnt into realities in teaching english in Viet Nam at once.
In conclusion , many special thanks go to you. Thanks to your advice, encouraging and teaching I have been a good student and skilled teacher.

Thứ Bảy, 14 tháng 11, 2009

NGUYEN NGOC TU’S final report about EFL537-COURSE

NGUYEN NGOC TU’S final report about EFL537-COURSE
VNU29-MONITOR OF COHORT # 3-SNHU-FALL2009
Time for this course is over I am bored with saying to good bye to you and my classmates but everything comes and gets away is very impressed. Remember things that passed was very smiled and an unforgettable memory.
The early days of this course , I was a bit nervous for I didn’t understand what I have to do , which tasks I have to complete and if I can do these tasks. The first day was was the most wonderful one which I enjoyed the whole joy, it was the first day I had a product which was created by my own intellectual that was my blog http://www.nguyenngoctu-myreflection.blogspot.com/,please to click here to see. After that day I was very happy to share with my wife and family. The days laters, I realized that I was really adult although I have known how to use computer very fluently before. Thank to CALL , I have obtained and gained a lot of new knowledge about informatic technology , especially computer assisted language learning that is one of the most important things when I made decisions to attend this course at SNHU , I am satisfied with knowledge which SNHU has taught . more importantly,I have had the reference resources of information from my own webs which everyone can refer , please click here, my blog , http://twitter.com/vnu29, http://www.net/tumonitor/nguyen-ngoc-tu-vnu29 to see what I have done. On the other hand , I have windened my deeper knowledge of the computer assisted language learning to serve for my teaching in the coming years , I totally believe that I know how to manage desktop with http://www.efl537.com/vnu-fall2009/desktopmanagement .
Every website is very useful for your teaching foreign language , I like http://www.delicious.com/myputinasmyfamily/for%3Aefl537.com best .
In addition, CALL has equipped so many articles which relate to language teaching with me that I feel very intersed in what I have learnt from this course , in the future I am investing much more time to get further training about computers . I also have had chances to read the documents which are written by Mark Warchouer, Hardisty D& Windealt S.(1989) CALL,OXFORD,oxford university press, I can also see CALL bibliography in the ICT4LT resource center. So many webs with CALL:such as http://www.ict4lt.org/en/index.htm introduction to multimedia CALL, http://www.ict4lt.org/en/index.htm. and theories about CALL , role changes for teachers and students and so on…. One more important thing that I have experienced during this course is “do collectives’s STRENGTHS”. However , regarding what I have learnt as “ splendid triumph” that will bring about immediate results for my teaching is not right. It is simply it is just beginnig not an end.
Furthermore , I have to try my best to complete all my tasks which JEFF gave , without his teaching and instructions . It is sure that I cannot overcome the challenges.
For my classmates have also spent a lot of time studying although most of them have to look after their children, I understand what they have obtained and the joy they are enjoyed in this shorten time . I am also proud of them and what I have learnt from so much. After EFL537 had finished, I return my bussiness and teaching , but there is one thing which I feel very motivative is my new knowledge which it is you-JEFF who taught and instructed me very carefully. “ NOTHING MAY BE SUCCESSFULWITHOUT DETERMINATION AND HARD WORK AND WITHOUT SUCCESS WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY DROPS OF SWEAT AND TEARS, WITHOUT EXCEPTION ME”. In the future I am using this knowledge of course to serve for my profession and help the other VietNamese English teachers to design the lesson plans by CALL and help students to understand the CALL webs . I hope that my classmates are boats to transport the new things stepping on the future,which is very potential and I use informatic technology as a tool and a friend on the ways to planting the seeds of talents for my country .
In conclusion, I wish to express my gratitude and appreciation to my friends who have supported advised and encouraged me during my work on this subject, there is room to thank only a few my name.
First and foremost, I wish to thank my teacher-you –JEFF, it has been my privilege to work under his teaching , I am especially grateful to him for his acuity,energy and interests as an experct in the field of computer and language teaching technology-CALL.
My special thanks go to my friends in cohort # 3, my best friend – youngest brother NGUYEN NGOC QUANG who has helped me through my studies.
Also, I must express my deed gratitude to my dear wife NGUYEN THI KIEU OANH ,my son NGUYEN NGOC MINH KIET, my second younger brother NGUYEN NGOC TUAN and my respected parents .I thank them for being so patient , and for not complaining when I spent all those evenings at computer. it is their love and support that has presented me the time and energy to denote of my efforts to my course.

Thứ Năm, 12 tháng 11, 2009

Tu's material archive

http://www.efl537.com/blog/tus-material-archive

Thứ Tư, 11 tháng 11, 2009

Tu's reflection # 9

The ninth day is very bored because we are going to have to say goodbye to you so the lessons are very interesting and i really obtain a lot of knowledge from your teachng . in the coming days I am applying the whole knowledge in teaching . some are very satisfied with what they have done and expect that we can do in real liife . the others find interesting and useful that is the reason why i have to try the best to overcome the challenginng. You know my family would like me to use computer fluently and can use it as a tool to teach english in the future .
I am preparing a lot of things to share with you tomorrow and i tell to you much more after two weeks .i am sure that you like it and are proud of me, as a hard working student. Thank you so much ! see you tomorrow!

Thứ Ba, 10 tháng 11, 2009

TU'S REFLECTION # 8

Well, today is very intested with my family because i can share my pictures with all of you and some my students. Most of my classmates are very happy , the lesson is getting more and more useful but we are going to say good bye to you that is the reason why i feel a bit bored. In addition to this , some websites are very difficult for me to access but i overcome easily after reading your directtion very carefully.Ning and Esnips are colourful , in fact , i donnot want to say good bye to you .
You know that many would like to invite you to Viet Nam and go to café with us. More importantly, i find that social networking is attractive to observers and effective to english teachers , including me. The 8th day is also a normal day which is the same the others but I like it so much because my knowledge of computer has been very good and I would like to say to you that I am more self-confident in the future. After the lesson is finished i have to go back and rewrite th whole thing I have learnt today.

Thứ Hai, 9 tháng 11, 2009

Tu’s reflection #7

Time for this course is shorter and shorter. Chance to meet you is getting litter and litter. Somewhere a bit of sorrow appears too. Everybody feels this course very usefu. At the moment the new knowledge is getting full and full. My classmates who have known about some advances skills on computer and used them are very happy with what they have obtained and gained.


The seventh day of this subject is wonderful, one by one has chances to talk to you and share their experiences which they have experieced for a period of time with you, including me. Joy and happiness can’t be separated, they interrelated each other. It is difficult to say what we have today can be applied in teaching job, but it is sure that new knowledge is very worth for the present in which i can help my relatives and friends to understand it and for the future.


The seventh day brings me a lot of experiences of living after the sixth day completed, here are we, we are aware of what your teaching and smiling cover at the corner of each person’s heart, I can see that.and we share a lot of things which we do on slideshare-presentation part # 2.