Learning Log 4

                    Date:25/07/2016

       This week, I learned about Corpus Linguistics by Dr. Kriangkrai Vathanalaoha. Corpus was not only a collection of words but also a seek for the truth. It was a theory and methadology of language. I knew that corpus was created since 1897. It was around 19th - early 20th century.The first corpus wrote about child diaries. It also had two cases; The case for introspection that focus on language competence rather than language performance. The case for empiricism which belived that introspective was artificial. We couldn't test it in real life. In addition, I knew the types of corpera. There were seven types.  

1. Special Corpus: It was a specific information.

2. General Corpus: It was broad and large words of spoken and written British English.

3. Mutilingual Corpus: It added Spanish or American English and Indian English.

4. Parallel Corpus: It was a translate text from English language to another language.

5. Learner Corpus: Language use crated by people learning a particular language.

6. Historical or Diachronic Corpus: 1.5 million words of text from 700AD - 1700AD. 

7. Monitor Corpus: Continually being added to.

      Besides, I learned the concordances which were about we could understand a word by its context.In Corpus, we could find the collections that were used mostly. We could know the number of words, or the frequency by Distribution information. Furthermore, I tried to use corpus by searching some phrase such as broad daylight which meant in negative way or swanning aroun. And .If I didn't know some word that use with another word I could search "something * about her" and the word or adjective that could be used with women would be appeared. Finally, Corpus was a useful material that the students or teachers could use to collect the information or could find real information to apply to their studying or teaching.

   

Learning Log 3

Date: 22/07/2016

    This week I joined the seminar in my major which was about applying linguistics for teaching by Miss. Budsaba Kanoksilapatham. I learned many useful things from her. For examples, The English teachers had to know the pedagogy or teaching methods and Linguistic competence. I learned a way to pronounce the letter “h”, consonant sounds (think, thank, them, the) and vowel sounds (guess, said, bread, friend, full-fool, back-bag) I also learned the ways to stress vocabulary such as the words permit, character, ceremony, amaze, catastrophe, bibliography, evaluation, majority, or hippopotamus, etc.  In addition, I learned a collocations such as economic crisis, situation policy, red rose, black and white, etc. I learned Pragmatics. It was the way to act or communicate with a person who didn’t want a direct answer but the action. Moreover, I learned some tips of Sociolinguistics which was an appropriate language to use for appropriate situation and people. I could identify the Semantics, which was American English and British English. For instance, eraser, pants are NAmE but rubber, trousers are BrE. Besides, I knew the meaning of some word such as astound is stronger than surprise. I learned Discourse which liked the pattern in English and Corpus which had a lot of important and useful information for teachers. From this opportunity to join the seminar, I learned many important thing in Linguistics and it could inspired me to improve my skills and be a good English teacher in the future.

Learning Log 2

Date: 11/07/2016

    On this day, I’ve learned to add gadgets on blog. First of all, the teacher assigned me to find clock, calendar and counter for blog. After that, the teacher taught me how to get the code of them and applied to use in my blog. I also learned how to link friends from my blog to another I wanted. I also added video that related to speaking skill.  Next, I learned to make my profile and my learning log in blog by making text, saving work, and sharing them to the public.

Learning Log 1

Date: 04/07/2016

    On this day, I’ve learned to make weblog or blog. First of all, the teacher assigned me to have gmail account because I had to log in blog by using gmail. After that, the teacher told me about a meaning of blog. I also learned some new vocabulary such as technophobe which meant a person who fears, dislikes, or avoids new technology. Techie which meant a person who is expert in or enthusiastic about technology, especially computing. Tech-savvy which meant proficient in the use of technology, especially computers. Next, I learned to find and select free template for blog on the internet. In addition, I also learned about acronyms that were used in this course.

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Homework 1

These are the abbreviation I've learned in class.

IT = Information Technology is the application of computer to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise. 

ICT = Information and  Communication Technology is an extended term for information Technology (IT) which stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications ), computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.

CAI = Computer Assisted Instruction  is an interactive instructional technique whereby a computer is used to present the instructional material and monitor the learning that takes place. CAI uses a combination of text, graphics, sound and video in enhancing the learning process. The computer has many purposes in the classroom, and it can be utilized to help a student in all areas of the curriculum.

CALL = Computer Assisted Language Learning is the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning.

CMC = Computer Mediated Communication  is defined as any human communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices. While the term hastraditionally referred to those communications that occur via computer-mediated formats , it has also been applied to other forms of text-based interaction such as text messaging. 

TELL = Technology Enhanced Language Learning  is the use of the computer as a technological innovation to display multimedia as a means of complementing a teaching method langauge teachers.

WBI = Web - based Instruction is teaching and learning supported by the attributes and resources of the Internet.

MUD = Multi - User Dungeon is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games,hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat.

MOO = Multiple Domain Object Oriented is a text-based online virtual reality system to which multiple users (players) are connected at the same time.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology

http://wikieducator.org/Computer_Assisted_Instruction_(CAI)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_language_learning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-mediated_communication

http://crescentok.com/staff/jaskew/WebBased/introduction.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOO