PRACTICE 3

PRACTICE 3

A. Please choose a topic that closely related to your major (English Teaching).

Example:

1.      Topic: Picture series strategy for speaking

2.      Purpose: to give 2 different opinion of the Picture Series strategy for Speaking

3.      Main idea: Picture series strategy stimulates students’ ideas in speaking but also triggers students doubt in using the appropriate connectors.

4.      Write a complete essay about the topic.

5.      Use summarizing, paraphrasing, and quotation

6.      Make the list of the refferences

Title ___________________________

___________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________	Introductory paragraph
___________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________	Body 1
___________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________	Body 2
___________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ___________________________________	Concluding paragraph

Refferences

Malarangeng, Andi. 2012. Picture Series Strategy. Boston: Harvard University Press.

Nadriana, Luci. 2000. Speaking Variation. Lost Angeles: Stanford University Press.

1.      Topic:

Social Media for Writing in English Language Teaching

2.      Pupose (must be discussion):

To discover the privilege of using social media for Writing course in ELT

3.      Main idea:

The use of social media in ELT must be a good alternative in teaching

4.      Four paragraph Essay

Social Media for English Language Teaching

In the era of globalization, almost all students use social media. Lately, they access social media to find information and learning resources. It can be seen from the various new methods in the world of education taken from social media. Learning activities also become easier when social media is used in the world of education. Through social media, students can be more creative and independent in learning. So, education is getting better by increasing the quality of students.

In English Language Teaching (ELT), especially Writing course, social media tools offer an excellent opportunity to pre-write, compile, peer review, and revise the steps in the writing process because writing skills are very important for every student who learns English. Through mastering writing skills, students can communicate ideas, thoughts, feelings, and emotions to others in writing. For some people, communicating with written words is easier than communicating verbally. People with difficulty communicating their ideas and feelings verbally will be helped by media writing (Boas, 2011).

The teachers can add and explain more about the material for students in social media, so students can explore their argument; make students simply in learning process and easy study; easy communication; the students can train the ability to write on the feature of the media. It can be a link to share information between students, teachers and even parents. Some social media can play a role in the world of education that can trigger the quality of students, including Facebook, Twitter, Blog, and Youtube. For example, Facebook is one of the popular networking sites in Indonesia. It allows teachers to share experiences with students in the classroom with the help of pictures and other things related to education. Facebook has many features that can be used as learning media, such as Facebook Pages that can be used as an information board because this feature can be used to share material (short posts, links, images, videos, quizzes, etc.) (Loving & Ochoa, 2011). Facebook group, this feature can be used for the community of students, study clubs, and controlling the number of students who did the tasks. It can be used for the discussion board, commenting on tasks, and chatting. Feature chat that can be used to chat directly with other fellow Facebook users who have become friends.

The use of social media in ELT must be a good alternative in teaching. If teachers use social media in their teaching and learning process, it has many advantadges to support students’ writing skill and learning. This is a good step to increase the use of the internet as an educational tool. According to Angers & Machtmes (2005), says that “Using technology during the learning process requires substantial investments of time, financial support, equipment, personal commitment and courage in order to explore teaching innovation in the EFL classrooms”.

Refferences:

Sakkir, G., Rahman, Q., & Salija, K. (2016). Students’ Perception on Social Media in Writing Class at STKIP Muhammadiyah Rappang, Indonesia. International Journal of English Linguistics, Vol. 6, No. 3. Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education.

Carolyn M. Shaw (2015). Using Facebook as an Educational Resources in the Classroom. Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Published by International Studies Association and Oxford University Press. http://oxfordre.com/internationalstudies/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.001.0001/acrefore-9780190846626-e-114