COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
SCAN FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE 25.10.2021
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CMC : TASK WEEK 4-11
TASK FOR TODAY WEEK 4 . In pairs, READ THIS ARTICLE AND PRESENT USING PREZI – SAMPLE OR POWER POINT RECORDED PRESENTATION (THE URL LINK TO BE SHARED HERE
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IN PAIRS, YOU NEED TO FIND 2 RELATED JOURNAL RESEARCH ARTICLES OF A SIMILAR THEME OR ISSUES.
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YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CRITICALLY REVIEW THE PAPERS. PLEASE CLICK 1 HERE / CLICK 2 HERE / CLICK 3 HERE TO SEARCH FOR THE JOURNAL ARTICLES. (25%)
- SUBMIT THE ARTICLES BELOW:
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TASK ON CRITICAL REVIEW
Task Assignment:
- In a group of 4. You are required to CRITICALLY DISCUSSED the 2 articles from your reading sources on CALL:
- RECORD your personal view on the articles you read (3-5 minutes) and save as TITLEOFARTICLEyourname.mp3 using the SANAKO lab system (to be done at the lab).
- RECORD your discussion (5-10 minutes) and save as TITLEOFARTICLE.mp3 using the SANAKO lab system (to be done at the lab).
- You may want to follow the Instructions below on how to view/discuss the 2 articles critically.
- Get the approval of your lecturer on your selected empirical research journal articles.
- Upon approval by your lecturer, read both articles and then write a 5-8 page critical review paper on both articles.
Instructions:
- At the top of your critical review, write your name and metric number. Then write the full bibliographic entry of both articles you are reviewing, for example:
- Lafford, P. A. & Lafford, B. A. (2005). CMC Technologies for Teaching Foreign Languages: What’s on the Horizon? CALICO Journal 22(3), 679-709.
- Read through both articles first and try to understand it.Be critical when reading.
- Note the subheadings and the main ideas discussed.
- Begin your review by:
- Stating the title of each article, how the article was divided, and perhaps the significance of these subheadings in the Introduction paragraph with a clear thesis.
- Summarize concisely in 1-2 paragraphs the empirical study on CALL in each of the article
- aims/objectives/research questions,
- type of research,
- research instruments,
- participants,
- procedure
- findings
- Then in the proceeding paragraphs, review critically by generally answering these questions:
- What do you think of the article? – is it appropriate or relevant, useful, informative, interesting, timely?
- What are your opinions or views on the article? Why? Support this with examples from the article and maybe from other similar articles (please attached reference list).
- Do you agree/disagree with the author’s/s’ ideas/article? State specific examples to show this or by creating certain theme/s that you could extract from the article. (Cite or quote certain phrases or sentences from the article to support your point using correct and appropriate format for making citations)
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of each article? Support this with examples from the article.
- Finally in the next few paragraphs, critically synthesise both articles by addressing these questions:
- What are the similarities between both articles? Support with examples in the articles.
- What are the differences between both articles? Support with examples in the articles.
- The critical review should be typed using Times New Roman Font 12, 1.5 spacing and should be in the range of 5-7 pages.
- Please submit your assignment in 2 formats (softcopy and hardcopy):
- Upload the softcopy onto yahoogroups by saving the document like this yourname_criticalreview
- Submit to your lecturer the hardcopy in class with your name and metric no at the top of the first page (Do not submit a cover page)
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