Week 7 CALL, a tool to improve reading and writing skills

The article “Using the Internet in ESL Writing Instruction” by Jarek Krajka, talks about how technology can be useful for writing lessons. For example, email address usage can even save time for teachers that are allowed to create writing activities that students can do outside the classroom. Also, it is mentioned that web sites can be another tool that teachers can use to improve writing skills on students. The advantage of it is that we have a huge technology world that needs to be discovered by ourselves. What I mean is that we as teachers must look for the right material and prepare our classes to have a successful lesson plan which can achieve our goals. In other words, teacher must be extremely prepared for the lesson. Moreover, Krajka provides interesting activities to develop writing skills such as writing a letter to a friend, a formal letter, a biography, a description of a person, an essay, etc.

On the other hand “Using Internet­-Based Children's Literature to Teach EFL” by Larry J. Mikulecky talks about the great impact that reading can have in order to improve vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and writing. As a matter of fact, the author says that we can use web pages to make our students read outside the classroom. To be more interactive, teacher can ask questions about the reading or to make activities that can show that student have read the article provided.