ARTICLE CRITIQUE

Article Critique



Article Critique

Introduction

Mediated Communication has been described as the process of conveying feelings, attitudes, facts, beliefs, and ideas between individuals, either verbally or non-verbally. People use to communicate only by face to face discussions, then they started communicating through hand written letters, we moved on to the telephone, and because of today's technology we now communicate through electronics. Without communication, people would not know what others think, feel, or what is going on in the world. In this paper we analyzed the article “Online debating to encourage student participation in online learning environments” written by Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Markus Mostert.

Article analysis

From the article it is reviewed that Nowadays, due to the developments in technology, the materials used in language classes have also improved. The use of technology in teaching second languages has been increasing dramatically over the past few years and technology covers a wide range of materials from audio-tape players to computers.

     Commercially produced or self-made audio and video tapes are helpful tools for language classrooms.Today,  almost every textbook presents a wide variety of audio and video tapes as supplementary materials, and of course, with the help of radio and sattelite technology, it's not a dream to create your own audio and video tape materials. Recording and appealing radio or television program according to the needs of your students, you can develop your own material. Creating your own worksheet that fits to material you recorded, you can make it more practical.

     Slide projectors and overhead projectors are also important and challenging technology assisted  materials for a language classroom.They are useful and helpful materials for a teacher; especially the newly designed ones allow the users free movement.

     A slide projector brings the activities to the classroom that we can never bring or that are difficult to perform in the classroom.They arouse interest trough the change of pace and activity; at least, blacking out the room gives an extra excitement of something special or extraordinary.They are easy to obtain or produce and they can be arranged and re-arranged into different sets for different uses. The overhead projector (OHP) is an extremely versatile tool with many advantages and few limitations.Its powerful light and brilliant screen illumination make it a vivid and catching aid.

Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is often times a third party in itself. This term, CMC, refers to the fact that the mediator in this circumstance is the ...