Do teachers need to create web-based language activities for EFL students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? Why and why not?

      

Nowadays the using of internet in language learning becomes an important thing. I think the teachers in the Kingdom have to create their own web-based language activities/quizzes/materials and other thing that related to the class. Because all of the students now can deal with internet and using computers to learn. It help the teachers save their works and materials and but extra exercises for the students . Also it help the students to understand and learning more.

Reflect on the live session we had with Peggy

            Last week we had a virtual class about How Does Arabic Influence the Pronunciation of English? with Ms. Peggy Tharpe. She is an American English consultant. It was for one hour and 15 students had attended the class with our teacher Dr.Hala. I had learned from virtual room that the world is very small and with click we can connect with others and do many things (globalization).

The advantages of using the virtual rooms that the students learning in new way in Learning English. Also, virtual room improves the listening skill for the students. The disadvantages of using virtual rooms in the language classrooms.  The important thing is the lake of internet connection. And maybe some student can’t understand quickly.

Finally, I think the idea of using virtual rooms in language learning is good idea and I’ll try to use it when I’ll be a teacher. Maybe this put some changes in classes. But I don’t think it will be consider in EFL classroom in education of Saudi Arabia.

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