This problem is very common whatever in America or Asia countries. If I were you, I will find some good websites or useful information. Than, I list these websites or information on my handout. All the students should try to resolve their problems,such as no computer or no internet. The teacher is not "god," s/he just do his/hes best to help students. Students also have responsibilities to overcome these computer problems. 

Hi Thuy,

Your situation in Vietnam doesn't sound that different from my situation at my school here in Manchester. Probably the most important thing we can do is to find ways to convince the decision makers (the administration) of the importance and effectiveness of using computers and the Internet to learn English. We will need to have some examples ready to demonstrate how computers can be used by students to learn language. Good luck.

kelly,

Check out the comment I posted at your chinswing discussion.

Jamie

I believe that your bilingual education will reduce students' stress. In Taiwan, English is a difficult subject. Not all the students like it. There are many students give up learning English, when they meet learning troubles, such as, memorizing vocabularies and grammars. Bilingual can help students more easier to learn language. 

Eva,

You can make your webpage more interesting by adding a podcast.

Enjoy ...Joy

Eva,

These are all excellent conversations to teach Chinese students who want to visit the United States.  I particulary like the conversation at immigration when they first arrive.  I noticed though that the conversation wasn't set up very well.  I couldn't tell where one part ended and the other began.  I definitely think you should to an audio podcast of these conversations so Chinese speakers can hear what they might sound like.

Jamie

Hi Jamie,

It's hard to solve your obstacles when school administration doesn't support this project. In my experience, you should compile your project listing advantages of using CALL in class clearly and in detail and present it to them. Maybe you cannot get a lot of support immediately but i believe some of them will agree with you. These people will find a way to assist you in implementing it.

Succeed to you.

Thuy 

 

Alice,

I really like the way you do for your worldbridging. You make it really CALL. The security of computers is necessary and important for whomever using computers and Internet, absolutely including the people who are working on CALL. It reminds me a lot. Thanks.

Hello Alice,

Your idea is about security. It is very useful for computer users, especially amateurs like us. Yet we cannot prevent all viruses because every day there are a lot of new viruses in variety of forms. I suppose that only way to protect computers is not to access strange websites which are not reliable. 

Joy,

 I'm interested in your topic. Actually, I am thinking about the bilingual dialog in Chinese and English. And I want to have some English native speakers and Chinese native speakers voices to make podcasts for the dialogs. Your idea is a good way not only for  Thais to learn English, but also for Americans to learn Thai.
 

Hi Joy,

I like this dialogue idea. Maybe you could create some variations and offer dialogue for a fast food restaurant like Quiznos, a DunkinDonut shop, and maybe a pizza shop. Another idea I had was a dialogue for ordering breakfast. I like the bilingual presentation. It will be helpful to the language students/tourists.

 --Kelly

Joy,

 I really like how your wordpress is coming along!  I think doing something on English for tourists is a great idea because these are key things for a person to know when visiting the U.S.  I like the at the Restaurant piece because everyone needs to know the proper way to order food and what to say.  I especially like it because you made it bilingual.  I definitely think you should do an audio podcast of the conversation as well.

 Good luck,

Jamie

 

Hello Joy:

I think that your restaurant conversation is very good at your students. You use "bilingual"  to explain the English meaning. It is very suitable for the beginners. Students don't feel a lot of stress in learning second language. They  will enjoy learning. You will be a good teacher.

Alice

Jamie,

Check out the idea I "posted" on your chinswing discussion.

--Kelly 

Jamie ..... I really want to respond to your discussion at chinswing.com but I got some problem about a microphone. I will try to put my discussion at your chinswing later. For this time, I would like to tell you my idea about your topic as follow:

In my idea, you can create your own material for teaching by useing podcast, blog, etc. For example, you can create the slide show and attach podcast to it.  Thus, your students can see the picture of what you are talking about. It will make them understand the lesson easily and you can also play it many times as you want.

Joy

Hi Zoe,

I have the same obstacles as you. In order to implement CALL in teaching, the most important thing is computers and internet. If we don't have these, it's tough to do it. I suppose that to implement our interesting idea, we have to spend a lot of time convincing people with the same ideas as us. 

Hi Zoe

I think it is an interesting topic.

I would like to know more about how CALL is used in Asia.

 
Eva