MPPZ 1353 / MPB 1373 SEMINAR

Semester 2 – 2020/2021

WEEK 1:  The future of ESL education

  • Course Information:
MPPZ1353-CI-sem-2-2020_2021Download

Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, all teaching and learning activities will be conducted online.  For the OL activities, kindly refer to the following Appendix 2.

Appendix-MPPZ1353-SEMINARDownload

The new calendar for Semester 2 2019/2020, which is affected by the Covid 19 outbreak nationwide, can be accessed at the following website

https://www.utm.my/2020/04/02/teaching-and-learning-activities-for-semester-ii-2019-2020/

https://padlet.com/hanita1/seminarastarterkit

  • Sources:

MOHE Education 4.0

Education 4.0 by UiTM

https://www.technologyreview.com/video/611350/the-future-of-education/
  • Task (20%): Look for more information on the future of education and write an online reflection on the future of ESL education

WEEK 2: The future of ESL education

Vijay Eswaran | World Economic Forum 2019 Session on the Gig Economy

http://expand-your-consciousness.com/educational-system-suck/?t=HHL

https://hbr.org/2019/01/does-higher-education-still-prepare-people-for-jobs?fbclid=IwAR2Gdkj7OP-gVoccTlH385i1DgyHOkDp_L3BYuEj7knnmm6vV-klnspMGyw

Week 3 -4:  The current issues of the ELT.

Please share your materials at the Padlet wall, click on the link given

https://padlet.com/m_hanita/mppz1353educationIR4

Many thanks

Week 5-6: Language Teaching in the 21st Century

Read the reading materials given here and be prepared to share the gists of the discussion to the whole class.

  1. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED510276.pdf
  2. https://www.english.com/blog/21st-century-skills/
  3. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nadire_Cavus/publication/229395107_New_trends_in_21st_Century_English_learning/links/02e7e525e72ae9174f000000/New-trends-in-21st-Century-English-learning.pdf?_sg%5B0%5D=DBBNTe41ZR9Ox2q8fAMphdBPslwGA8S12u4BOQDfNW_mwrSi8YsTYcOD8XYnL4WcmpuVv_qsWWw-hSXrtM0O4Q.O1OJxbRGjd6xHvSyLBmn6QhrMRoOC5yLDqvuKCLwoVeGCROAcweyhY_a9TKqB0fDgDTeitZKtZ_rskAQny1AxA&_sg%5B1%5D=OwIVm4BmxHXn75N4Za7SGjYBXwTUO811xC9C-zFSi2zF20av98kv5bGArPJELXdFaOTYNk9-gDOji6INk6iXtFdGoPrmadxr7AnC7BtYng01.O1OJxbRGjd6xHvSyLBmn6QhrMRoOC5yLDqvuKCLwoVeGCROAcweyhY_a9TKqB0fDgDTeitZKtZ_rskAQny1AxA&_iepl=
  4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320276030_TEACHING_IN_21ST_CENTURY_STUDENTS-TEACHERS’_PERCEPTIONS_OF_TECHNOLOGY_USE_IN_THE_CLASSROOM/fulltext/59dac8cd458515a5bc2b4a2b/320276030_TEACHING_IN_21ST_CENTURY_STUDENTS-TEACHERS’_PERCEPTIONS_OF_TECHNOLOGY_USE_IN_THE_CLASSROOM.pdf?_sg%5B0%5D=t92JS_–VGNZHAPl-2AG_ttrMS-DyURnM0YqNVhtSBxwJgiNUNw4aq-MmsZXbLFIgaWkUd47U5mto2CtwXkjgg.MDuAw2fMOjMbvsvAFuIvdI1w0ezc8MapSV64LPMkv7umizaMja9s48kM7JZBf-9SETMv9qf-7AY6NEruaSjTgw&_sg%5B1%5D=gbXbAPZd70BSt5qxWlOvFDMGolKqCuZ7TRzOzlcrSYHhsIU5_jfqR4y5FdR64KArpq2BQ7-FL2OT6svDrVbU4qW0hxH95-g-Y03x97u70Q9K.MDuAw2fMOjMbvsvAFuIvdI1w0ezc8MapSV64LPMkv7umizaMja9s48kM7JZBf-9SETMv9qf-7AY6NEruaSjTgw&_iepl=
  5. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03054985.2018.1500357?needAccess=true
  6. http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/3300000/3291085/p146-Putri.pdf?ip=161.139.222.27&id=3291085&acc=ACTIVE%20SERVICE&key=69AF3716A20387ED%2EC758BA176ED44BB8%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35&__acm__=1551078294_7d166442b7269b7f60ef222e69d8ea3e
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_1Zv_ECy0g
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixRBjEW_sFs

Beside, you can use your own materials which are relevant to language teaching in the 21st century.

Week 7 – 8: Blended Learning in ESL classroom

Questions to ask are:

1. What is blended learning!

2. How do teachers use blended learning in EL classroom?

3. Do teachers need training for blended learning?

4. What are students’ perceptions towards the use of blended learning in TnL?

Visit the provided links for a clear concept of blended learning.

1.      https://www.google.com.my/search?q=blended+learning&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-my&client=safari#imgrc=O_8LbJgL2upzcM:

2.  Description
Blended learning is an approach to education that combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction online with traditional place-based classroom methods. It requires the physical presence of both teacher and student, with some elements of student control over time, place, path, or pace. Wikipedia

New Links 

file:///Users/hanita/Downloads/ElectronicEnglishinMalaysiaFeaturesandlanguageinuse.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131519302544?via%3Dihub

(the second article can be accessed through UTM VPN)

Week 9: Semester Break / Eid Holidays

Week 10 – 11: Writing a critical literature review

How to write a literature review.

Discussion on writing a literature review and focused areas via online Forum or Whatsapp.  Marks allocated for the literature review are 30% (PLO 5 and PLO 11).

As an alternative, you can also write a conceptual paper.  A conceptual paper is actually based on our reading and not focusing on research.  It does not need methodology and findings sections.  How to write a conceptual paper? Visit the link below to get the answers

Week 11: Submission of Annotated Bibliography on e-learning

The followings are some useful links for annotated bibliography.

  1. https://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography
  2. https://www.une.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/11132/WE_Writing-an-annotated-bibliography.pdf
  3. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html

Week 12 – 13: SIG – Panel Discussion Circle

Questions to ask are:

1. What is blended learning!

2. How do teachers use blended learning in teaching?

3. Do teachers need training for blended learning?

4. How can ELT make use of blended learning approach?

and continue…

Answers.

Visit the provided links for a clear concept of blended learning.

1.      https://www.google.com.my/search?q=blended+learning&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-my&client=safari#imgrc=O_8LbJgL2upzcM:

2.  Description
Blended learning is an approach to education that combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction online with traditional place-based classroom methods. It requires the physical presence of both teacher and student, with some elements of student control over time, place, path, or pace. Wikipedia

New Links 

file:///Users/hanita/Downloads/ElectronicEnglishinMalaysiaFeaturesandlanguageinuse.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131519302544?via%3Dihub

(the second article can be accessed through UTM VPN)

Week14 – 15: Writing a literature review

Synchronous OL (Big Blue Button / Zoom):

1.Updating individual progress on writing a literature review

2. Input on video preparation as to replace oral presentation. Video should be on students’ literature review and about a 3-5 minute duration.  Marks allocated for video presentation are 20%  (PLO5)

Instead of doing oral presentation in class, you are required to produce a 3-5 minute video, which is related to your literature review.  The followings are links to some samples of ELT video for your perusal.

Collaborative learning –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujfbSOQ-Iaw

What is CEFR? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n_LoFJt09E

21st century skills – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYfCEnTmr5o

Best wishes.

Students take time to prepare and upload their video upload on YouTube.

Peer review of students’ videos.  The videos can be accessed at the padlet wall, please click on the following link