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Current Trends and Issues in Teaching English Language

The document discusses innovations in teaching English, focusing on digital platforms and online learning. It describes using Google Classroom to post tasks, Google Meet for video conferencing, and allowing flexible deadlines. Online professional development courses are recommended, while verifying their quality. Mobile learning, social media, and automated grammar checkers are mentioned as enhancing English competencies. The challenges are guiding students to avoid corrupted online content and continually innovating approaches.

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Current Trends and Issues in Teaching English Language

The document discusses innovations in teaching English, focusing on digital platforms and online learning. It describes using Google Classroom to post tasks, Google Meet for video conferencing, and allowing flexible deadlines. Online professional development courses are recommended, while verifying their quality. Mobile learning, social media, and automated grammar checkers are mentioned as enhancing English competencies. The challenges are guiding students to avoid corrupted online content and continually innovating approaches.

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CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN

TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE

TASK:
DISCUSS THE INNOVATION IN
ENGLISH LANGUAGE HAVE YOU
USED IN YOUR TEACHING. WHAT
ISSUES, PLATFORMS OR FACTORS
ARE CONSIDERED? ELABORATE
YOUR ANSWER.

Change is the only constant in let them post it in a private group


this world. As the generation passes, in Facebook. If we are having oral
students’ needs also change. The recitation, I use Google Meet. If they are
approaches in the last generation may having problems sending their tasks in
not be as effective nowadays. the Google Classroom, I allow them to
Henceforth, we have these innovations send it in my Gmail. One of the
in English language to provide the considerations of the students is to give
learners a holistic learning experiences them choices to avoid bluffing and
where they can interact with their mental sickness. I do not force them to
environment effectively. send it if they are having troubles. I
Digital platforms are the tools that allow them to pass their tasks even
are very timely and relevant not just in after the deadline because of our
this time of COVID 19 existence but scarcity in connection but with set of
also before and after this. These guidelines.
platforms like Google Classroom, Online Continuous Professional
Google Meet, Gmail, Youtube, Facebook Development is also an innovation of
and the like are engaging and should English Teaching that is commonly
be exposed to the learners. Currently, I used nowadays. There are various
am using these platforms in my online courses which are sometimes
teaching and I do not stay with only free. It is very significant aspect of
one. These platforms have its various developing our strategies to improve the
strengths and weaknesses, thus I delivery of learning to the students. I
combine them. When I am posting encourage my students to join in these
tasks, I use Google Classroom because online courses if they have vacant times
it is very organized. When I am giving especially when it is directly relevant to
updates, I use messenger. When I want the topics we are discussing. However, I
them to post their video presentations, I
still verify the authenticity and embrace these innovations and fill up
reliability of the said online courses. the gaps in between.
Mobile learning, communicating
with people online, online authentic
materials, video conferencing, Digital Answer 2:
Game-Based Learning, Mobile
Technologies, Blended Learning, With the rise of flexible teaching
technology in Assessment and Virtual and learning, one of the innovations in
Learning Environment are the the English language that I have been
innovations of English Language using is the utilization of digital
(Campos, 2020). platforms. Websites like YouTube and
English language is the universal Facebook help me in to reinforce the
language and it has an advantage over mode of teaching that I am using –
the other languages because most of Modular Teaching and Learning. This,
these platforms that we have mentioned for a fact, helps me to cater to the
use English language as the medium. various needs and interests of my
There are various applications that are students.
enhancing English language When I specifically teach topics in
competencies. There are even English literature, other than giving my
automatic grammar checkers where students copies of any written works
you have to only put your composition like stories, I also give them YouTube
and it is checking your grammar link for them to watch its film
immediately. There are auto-corrections adaptation. I also make use of
of grammar and even plagiarism Facebook’s Group Messenger as our
detector. way of communicating to one another.
These innovations have more positive During the face-to-face mode of
impacts than the negative ones. The education, I usually involve my
designs of these innovations cater the students in collaborative and discovery
goal of English language which is to way of learning, as opposed to the
make the students competent in using traditional way of teaching and
it. Even the moment they open their learning. When I ask my students to
social media accounts, they are taught share or explain their thoughts on a
simple words in English. They are certain concept, I let them decide on
exposed on different rays of learning the ways on how they interpret or
the language. The only challenge left to express their ideas.
the teachers is how to guide them
because we cannot deny that some of
the contents of what they see in social
media are corrupted.
Innovation is present at all times. We
cannot possibly use the same platforms
over the years of teaching. Let us all

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