“Challenges of creating web-based activites in Sally Morrison” Interactive lanaguge Learning on the Web”

The writer discuses some of advantages and challenges can any teachers face in creating Web-based language learning activities and what are the activities that can be used in these webs to teach language skills.

There are many challenges and difficulties that teacher may face while creating web-based activities:

·          Lack of technical skills among teachers.

·         Types of computers and browser which students us.

·         The problems that they faced in connection speed

·         The need to design wed page, because they don't know how to do it.

Teachers can teach all language skills through the web. The writer also discusses the types of activities that can be used with languages skills.

In our country, in school and universities we don’t have such a web-based language learning, we only deal with it a little bit in university for some courses not all. It's because of teachers' lack of skills in how to create these webs and how to use it.

Social Networking Sites

What is your most important reason for using social networking sites?

My most important reason for using social networking sites is to communicate and find friends. I use it to post my diary and my pictures, of course not private ones. Also I use it for my courses in the college. And to be aware for any updates that related to my friends and celebrities because I like to Read their news and see the pictures.

Is it possible for you to use them in teaching EFL/ESL? Concrete examples, please.

Yes, it’s possible for me to use social networking sites. Nowadays most of the teachers use social networking site to teach EFL/ESL. For example one of social network site that we use now is Schoology. Our teacher can communicate to us easily even when we are in our home. She can share notes, ppt, documents, home works and put our grade there. Also there are a lot of applications in our phones use to teach like Edmodo and Slidshare.