My introduction

Welcome to my new blog. This is Wei Ting. I am so glad to share my experience of learning and teaching language. Actually, the computer and websites help people to learn new knowledge and broaden their horizons. I remembered how I could learn English a decade ago when technology had not developed as nowadays. The only machine provieded in the classroom was a tape recorder. When I was in college, computers and the internet have been widely used. Multimedia has been introduced into classroom.Teachers use computers to teach. It helped language learning and teaching. I am really appreciated the new technology that changes the tradition teaching. At that moment, I started learning English through internet. I could choose listening, speaking ,reading and writing materials in different websites. One of my favourite websites is
http://www.putclub.com/. It is good for ESL learners. If someone wants to practice listening, putclub is the best place. It provides a forum for learners to make dictation.
http://www.englishclub.com/ is a free website for learners and teachers of English. Please have a check if you are interested in it.
http://www.youtube.com/ I think most people are familiar with this website. I often search videos here.
http://www.nytimes.com/ and http://www.bbc.co.uk/ are great news pages for learners to know the latest news and events all of world.
I also had two year English teaching experience in a secondary school. In my school, every classroom had equipped a computer, screen, projection. The technology is widely used in classroom teaching. Teachers use them to present PPT and other resources related to lessons. I used multimedia to teach and I also designed tasks by using computer. In the classroom students had been divided into different group to solve the problems. I think the information stage has brought new style of learning. Teachers' role has changed. As a teacher, it is more important to teach students how to learn rather than knowledge.
The course of New Technologies in Language Teaching is helpful for English teachers. I hope it to broaden my horizons and bring some new ideas in language teaching. It will make effective teaching in the future.