November 3rd reflection of reading

TECHNOLOGY IN TESL

In this week, one of the reading assignments are about technology. Nowadays, the world is filled with technologies. We cannot survive without technologies. In the textbook, there are some references of the website. Among them, I am really interested in technologies of listening and pronunciation, so I tried to go that websites. In one of pronunciation websites, we can learn how to articulate English consonant with x-ray. I think that t is easy to understand and we can use in teaching. If the students rely on listening, they might have trouble. Because some of the students are not good at differentiate sounds. In that case, this website is really helpful.
One of the listening website introduces to use authentic materials and we can listen to the conversation in natural situation. I mean the conversations were recorded as natural. Japanese EFL learners are accustomed to listen to the non-authentic material. When they go abroad and listen natural conversations, they have difficulty in listening. In order to avoid this, the teacher has to use the authentic materials. These kinds of website are really helpful.