PRACTICES AND DIDACTIC APPLICATIONS

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1 PRACTICES AND DIDACTIC APPLICATIONS
ARTESOL 2017 May 12-13 Democratizing ELT: challenges and perspectives ICT USE: PRACTICES AND DIDACTIC APPLICATIONS FOR LEXIS ACQUISITION Diana M. Waigandt María Alejandra Soto Silvia Soledad Monzón Gabriela Aruga Our project This presentation discusses the main outline of our ongoing Proyectos de Innovación e Incentivo a la Docencia (2016 & 2017) by discussing the new didactic proposal for English I at FIUNER, through which we intend to enhance reading comprehension by creating and redesigning vocabulary tasks, turning them into more interactive online activities. Theoretical Background A genre-based approach - Swales (1990) - Miller (1984) - Freedman & Medway (1994) Vocabulary Acquisition - Sutarsyah, Nation, and Kennedy (1994)  - Nation (2008) - Wagner et al (2007) Learning processes O’Malley & Chamot (1990) Oxford (1990) Enhance VOCABULARY ACQUISITION ICT/ Web 2.0 Tasks Genres Foster autonomous and critical READING in L2 Materials & Methods Bibliography search on how to assist learners with further online vocabulary practice Exploring external websites which could be embedded into Moodle frames. Teacher training: meetings with an external consultant. Acknowledgements Proyecto de innovación e incentivo a la docencia “El uso de las TIC: prácticas y aplicación didáctica para la adquisición de vocabulario”. Aprobado por resolución CD Nº019/16 . Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos. Proyecto de innovación e incentivo a la docencia “Las TIC en la clase de lectocomprensión en inglés: prácticas y aplicación didáctica para la adquisición de vocabulario. (…) What is next? Implementing technological tools which are compatible with the College VLE (Moodle) into our English lessons. Further teacher education and learner training. Tracking students’ results over time and designing formative evaluation tasks which could be used to keep, modify or improve the course materials. What is going on at present? Learning to master a series of web pages which offer relevant and viable courseware for our L2 classrooms and virtual platform. Systematic recycling and recontextualization of vocabulary items present in texts.