A basic presentation on how to work with reading and writing through technology in the teaching and learning of EFL.

1. READING, WRITING AND TECHNOLOGY
LA SALLE UNIVERSITY
BA IN SPANISH, ENGLISH, AND FRENCH
Yamith José Fandiño
yfandino@lasalle.edu.co

2. INTRODUCTION

3. READING

4. READING

5. READING

6. READING

7. READING
Reading Skills

8. READING
Reading Strategies

9. READING
READING ACTIVITIES
Ordering / Sequencing Put pictures in the correct order.
Synonyms Find words in a text tat mean the same as a list of words
Correct mistakes Read text and fin the mistakes in a picture
Listing Read text and make a list, e.g. pros, advantages, etc.
Titles Give a title to each section of a text
Sentence Find places in text to reinsert sentences
Answer questions Read a text and provide responses.
True or False Read a text and check right and wrong information.
Jigsaw reading Put a text into the correct order.
Scrambled sentences /
dialogues
Assemble sentences / dialogues into coherent texts.
Text genre identification Encourage learners to identify text structure and characteristics.
Summarizing Writing a synthetic version of a text.

10. READING

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13. READING
https://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/modules/reading/02/

14. WRITING

15. WRITING

16. WRITING

17. WRITING

18. WRITING

19. WRITING

20. WRITING
WRITING ACTIVITIES
LISTEN –
WRITE
Dictation
Story rewriting: Listen to a story, make a storyboard, draw pictures and re-write story.
Visualization: Listen to a scene description and imagen it.
Song rewrite: Students rewrite a chorus or a stanza to sing their own version.
WATCH –
WRITE
Commercials: Watch a commercial and write own script.
Short videos: Watch a video and rewrite, respond or reflect about it.
Newscasts / Weather reports: Watch and rewrite own version.
Travel videos: Write a report or a poster for a travel video.
LOOK –
WRITE
Pictures / Slideshows: Describe a scene or a series of pictures.
Description: Describe one picture from a set of similar ones. Classmates read and try to
guess correct picture.
Bookmaking: Based on a series of picture, students write a story.
Sequencing: Students must unscramble a set of pictures and then write out a story.
READ –
WRITE
Reading journal / reading response: Respond to a story with a reflective journal entry.
Rewrite: Fill in a copy of a text with missing information.
Opinion / Essay: Write a formal piece of writing.
Giving advice: Students provide suggestions or solutions.
Running dictation: Students write dictate and write a text in a running competition.
THINK –
WRITE
Graphic organizers: Organize and relate ideas before writing a text.
Prompts / sentence starters: Finish sentences based on prompts.
Forms / Applications
Journals / diaries / reflections

21. WRITING

22. Writing
• Word processing programs.
• Conferencing: Skype, Google hangouts,
Tinychat, etc.
• Collaborating: Google Drive (Google docs),
Sync.in, blogs, etc.
• Checking programs and apps: Grammarly,
etc.
• Educational tutorial and guides: wikihow,
Purdue online lab, etc.
• Social media: Facebook, Twitter, etc.

23. Writing
https://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/modules/writing/02/

24. References
Blyth, C. (Editor). (2010). Foreign language teaching methods.
COERLL, The University of Texas.
Walker, A., & White, G. (2014). Technology enhanced language
learning: Connecting theory and practice. Oxford: OUP.