Implementation of Health-Saving Technologies at the English Lessons

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Innovative Pedagogical Technologies in Teaching English

Innovative Pedagogical Technologies in Teaching English

   The process of integration of Ukraine into the world community as an equal partner in various areas of social and economic relations raises, first of all, the need to improve significantly the quality of education. Actually our country has a need in highly qualified sociable and polylingual experts, professionals who are ready to participate fruitfully in international cooperation and the formation of a new attitude to Ukraine in Europe and in the whole world.

   Therefore, the educational process in modern secondary school should be focuced on the preparation of a competent person, professionals who are mobile in a labor market, highly qualified experts who know several foreign languages, people who can introduce fresh original ideas and have life- long study skills.

   In order to bridge the gap between the knowledge acquired at school and real life, new approaches have been introduced in language teaching throughout the world, mainly because the traditional ones have proved to be inadequate to meet the demands of modern society.  In other words, new demands of the time require new ways of their solution.

    Albert Einstein once said, "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".

   That’s why teachers should apply innovative approaches in teaching foreign languages that intend to develop responsible autonomous learners who are capable to take charge of their own learning, learners who share responsibility with the language teacher in the classroom and, moreover, do further research in real life situations so as to improve their level in language learning. An autonomous learner is that sort of learner who continues learning when teaching stops. This is in fact, one of the fundamental objectives of the new approaches in language teaching.

  Speaking about innovative pedagogical technologies we may say that:

·        It’s a new branch of pedagogical science that deals with selection, conceptualization, and classification of pedagogical innovations;

·        It’s purposeful, systematyc, and consistent implementation of the original, innovative methods, and pedagogical techniques into practice;

   It’s important that innovative pedagogical technologies provide:

1.     conditions for the development of the personality;

2.     his or her right to personal initiative;

3.     freedom to self-development.

   Specific feature of innovative teaching is its openness to the future, the ability to predict, readiness to constructive actions in new situations.

Of course, innovation is not possible without a teacher-researcher who has systemic thinking skills, developed creativity, conscious willingness to innovate.

    Language teaching nowadays is seen not as an ability to teach but as an ability to make learners learn. For this reason, learner centred education puts the learner at the center of the classroom. There is a change in the view of language teaching from a set of rules to be transmitted to learners from teachers to a process in which the learner takes more responsibility in learning. By doing this, the learner becomes autonomous in language learning.

    Bedford Clay once said: "You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives." So, in the arsenal of a teacher there should be a combination of methods, techniques that will improve the efficiency and quality of the lesson. As well as pedagogical science does not stand still at the same place, a modern teacher must keep up with technology advances, and constantly improve her knowledge of teaching methods and techniques, be ready to implement the advanced educational concepts in her own teaching practice. They say: "Live and learn."

   Nowadays the main method of teaching foreign languages is the communicative method. It offers a wide range of innovative methods and forms of work.

   These methods include interactive techniques that allow us to solve communicative - cognitive problems by means of foreign language communication, and which is widely used by our teachers. It should be emphasized that interactive technologies involve a teacher and learners, encourage and expect learners’ participation, use questions to stimulate discussion, emphasizing the value of answers, give participants hands-on experience, teach them to think critically and make thoughtful decisions. They mean collaboration and coeducation, where pupils and a teacher are equal, and equally important are subjects of study.

   We rely on the following interactive techniques:

1.     interactive techniques of cooperative and collaborative learning,

2.     case study,

3.     discussion techniques.

  Interactive techniques of cooperative learning presuppose communication in small groups and include such forms of work as “Merry-go-round”, “Blender”, “A Circle of Ideas”, “Jigsaw reading”, “Joint project”, “WebQuest”.

  Interactive techniques of collaborative learning engage learners in groupe communication, when they attempt to learn something together. “Brainstorming”, “Microphone”, “Group Puzzles”, “Teleconference” can be referred to this type of techniques.

   Case study interactive techniques are aimed at building interaction by including participants in the activities with specific real-life or constructed situations. Case study techniques include scenario or storyline method, simulations and role plays.

   Discussion interactive techniques are used to study collectively controversial issues or situations in the process of interaction. The example of this type of technique is a panel discussion of a suggested problem.  

   To innovative teaching methods we may also refer method of "Six Thinking Hats", creating pupil's portfolio, method of integration, teaching with computer support.

   It should be stressed that all these techniques can be potencially realized in face-to-face computer-mediated communication.

   Using Internet resources and services significanatly enhances teachers’ and students’ participations in all classroom activities.

   Here are some examples of using IC technolgies in educational prossess.

WebQuests are probably the most talked-about and widely used Web-based activities in today's classrooms. What are WebQuests?

   According to Bernie Dodge, the originator of the WebQuest concept, "A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than on looking for it. WebQuests are also a wonderful way of capturing students' imagination and allowing them to explore in a guided, meaningful manner.

   WebQuests allow students to explore issues and find their own answers. Particularly with controversial issues - such as pollution, gambling, and nuclear waste disposal - students must do more than just memorize the information. They must process it in meaningful ways and reach moral and ethical decisions guided by facts.   

    WebQuests promote high-level thinking, develop problem-solving skills, and provide an avenue for seamlessly integrating technology into the curriculum. Many sites are available to walk you through the process. This activity includes several stages:

·                       The Introduction orients students and captures their interest.

·                       The Task describes the activity's end product.

·                       The Process explains strategies students should use to complete the task.

·                       The Resources are the Web sites students will use to complete the task.

·                       The Evaluation measures the results of the activity.

·                       The Conclusion sums up the activity and encourages students to reflect on its process and results.

Scribe Videos (Whiteboard Animation Videos)

   Videoscribes are videos that draw themselves. You can choose images, add texts, music, a hand, voiceovers and bring them to life.

   There is something unique about scribe videos. For some reason the viewers can’t take their eyes off of something being created. Scribe video not only grabs and keeps viewers attention. It also converts and explains your massage in such an engaging way that you will be remembered long after the screen goes blank.

Prezi

  Your Presentations Prezi is a new way to do the presentations. Prezi is a versatile app that lets you make professional-looking presentations. It's like a free, pared-down version of PowerPoint. Prezi lets you make presentations that are as casual or as professional as you want them to be. It allows you to add information to a prezi, organize it in a logical way, embellish it with audio and video and then share it with the people you need to reach.

   You may say “But we can use PowerPoint presentations. We know them quite well”.  Really PowerPoint is a great piece of software, but there is definitely a room for a change. Prezi feels fresh and easy, but still produces nice-looking presentations. It's also capable of dealing with feature-rich and complex material, and making it look good.

Nowadays teachers should be well-handed with the use of a Web 2.0. service.

A Web 2.0 site may allow users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators of user-generated content in a virtual community. Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites and social media sites (e.g., Facebook), blogs, wikis, video sharing sites (e.g., YouTube), hosted services (e.g. Glogster.com), cloud technology.

.Blogging

Blogging is a public post. Students can post case studies or other notes in a class blog. Teachers and students can analyze, evaluate and create the material. Blogging causes you to reflect. Teachers naturally think back on what has happened in their classroom, and often wonder what they could have done better. Blogging can help with this process, enabling teachers to keep an ongoing personal record of their actions, decisions, though processes, successes and failures, and issues they have to deal with. Blogging can crystallize your thinking. As we write, we invest a part of ourselves into the medium. The provisionality of the medium makes blogging conducive to drafting and redrafting. The act of composing and recomposing ideas can enable abstract thoughts to become more concrete. Your ideas are now on the screen in front of you; they can be stored, retrieved and reconstructed as your ideas become clearer. You don't have to publish if you want to keep those thoughts private. Save them and come back to them later. The blog can act as a kind of mirror to show you what you are thinking. Sometimes we don't really know what we are thinking until we actually write it down in a physical format.

 

   The rapid growth of information and communication technologies and rising computer knowledge of the students has led to the usage of such innovative technologies like e-learning, m-learning, Self Paced Virtual classes (SPVC), Instructor Led Online(ILO) and Virtual Classroom. Atually ICT support and promote educational innovations.

   As we see the impact of ICT on the educational precess is tremendous. That’s why schools should play an essential role in preparing students to act and live in the information society. In general the main goal of school is to provide the required skills for living and working in a world of continuous change.