The teacher uses Web pages, Web resources, and software applications to teach student from various backgrounds French language and culture through the use of WebQuest. The teacher created a WebQuest and provided a link for students to access through her personal Web site. From this technology tool, students were able to research a famous French person that had a huge impact on the country of France. Students were instructed to write a biography and to include a bibliography containing all of the Web sites that he or she used within the manuscript. The teacher was pretty much open to allowing students to create a PowerPoint presentation in which students could incorporate their biography.
The other resources that this teacher could have included onto her Web page or the other technology-related activities that this teacher could have done are having her students electronically chat with a class of students located in France. This could possibly help her students to learn how to write more fluently in French. Additionally, this teacher could also allow for her students to create a Web blog containing their papers. Afterwards, students would be instructed to visit their classmates Web blog and add their comments.
The students’ feedback/reactions to using technology to learn French culture and language are very optimistic. These students appeared to have a level of confidence that demonstrated that this assignment was not too daunting. I believe that the students were excited that were going to write a paper using technology to enhance their learning process.
In general, technology can help students learn a foreign language and culture by bringing many resources to an individual with the touch of a mouse. Through the effective use of technology, it makes learning a foreign language and culture easier to understand and learn. Students are able to experience virtual tours and feel as if they are actually living in a specific culture.
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