CALL Presentation

     CALL Self Study can be the most exciting class for me in this semester. I'm surprised in every class by the amazing technology. Now I feel that on internet we can do almost everything.
      First I learned how to create my blogger. And I have learned some new Web 2.0 technologies: TED.com, YouTube, Photobucket and RSS Reader. TED is my favourite Website. I like so many interesting topics on it. Most of the videos on TED is about 15 minutes, the time is probably very good (not too long or too short). I practiced my listening with many videos. YouTube is also a wonderful and very useful website. I use it very often because I can find everything on it, for example, music, all kinds of songs, arts, stories, news... Photobucket is also a very attracting website. On it I can enjoy my free time and get some new inspirations with so many beautiful pictures. And RSS Read became my own resource of information. I can get information conveniently and quickly on it.
      In conclusion, I learned a lot in this CALL class. I will continue to use all these Web 2.0 technologies to further improve my English.

Presentations

-- To make our presentation engaging, we can use powpoint, pictures, videos, pictorial graphs, storytelling, add humor and give some examples. -- To make the introduction more interesting, we can tell a story or share our experience or do other activities to attract the audience's attention. - To make our main message engaging, we may use storytelling, some texts, interaction with audience, realia, pictures and videos. -- If we are giving a presentation in front of an audience, we can prepare our presentation as following steps: - plan on paper - prepare stories - simplify - plan our props - Rehearse - Review - Revise - Repeat

Review

I read some articles: 1. What is The TOEFL: http://american-accent-training.org/what-is-the-toefl . This article is about the meaning of TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language), why people take this test and how they take this test. 2. Speak Fluent English: http://american-accent-training.org/speak-fluent-english. They give some very good advises for speaking English fluently. The most important thing to do is practice anytime, anywhere and with anyone. This advise is very useful for me. 3. Xi Jinping takes reins of power in Beijing: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2012/11/16/361127/Xi-Jinping.htm. It talks about the new leader in China, his goals and challenges he may face. About my subscription on YouTube.com, there are some new videos on Jeannette and FolgerLibrary. Note: I am not able to open Stephanie's blogger.