Turn the Technology by Magic English
Deni Kurniawan
Bong HM
The growing number of EC students in LBPP LIA Bekasi
has given an idea to the writer to find ways to teach children in fun way. As
we all know that the world of children is the world where every activity is a
game. In this occasion we’d like to share the use of technology (i.e computer) for teaching young learner using specially
designed VCD program, entitled Magic English, that is
already in the market. All in
all, we’d like to teach English to children based on their
needs and interest by using computer as a media.
The term learner-centered, meaning that
children’s needs and interest are placed at the center
of planning and teaching, is no longer as commonly used as before. It was often
interpreted in the wider EFL world as simply putting fun into learning, whereas
what was often necessary was ensuring there was some learning in all the fun! (Brewster
1995). In line with current thinking (Nunan and Lamb
1996, Cameron 2001) we shall use the term Learning-centered
to highlight a greater emphasis on the need to emphasis on the need to maximize
learning and provide both support and challenge in learning. If we want to
focus on learning-centered teaching it is vital that
we are wellinformed about the physical (children have
a lot of physical energy and often need to be physically drive), emotional
(children have a wide
range of emotional needs and are emotionally
excitable), conceptual (children are developing conceptually and are at an early
stage of their schooling and educational characteristics of children.
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Kurniawan, D., & Bong HM. (2005, March). Turn the
technology by magic English. Paper presented at LIA International
Conference,
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