Week 4
SLA and CALL

This week was especially helpful to realize my own teaching philosophy and what role technology plays in it.
Although I believe that technology has great things to offer, I always think whether using it will help my lesson objectives or not. It is important to consider the objectives and plan accordingly. If it is not making learning process more effective or easier, then what is the point of using it? So, as teachers, we should be careful when deciding to use an online tool. They can be time-consuming or time-saving and we want to think about both advantages and disadvantages of it and then determine if it is worth using that tool.

Yet, there are times I use technology just for the sake of motivating my students. I think, if used properly, online tools can be a good source of motivation and we know that motivation is key to language learning. Thus, again depending on the purpose and the needs of the learners, these tools can function differently and might be helpful.

Overall, my teaching philosophy with technology aims to enhance learning either through motivating my students or through creating more effective tasks for the learning process.