Reflection Paper

It is just a coincidence that I choosing this course, Computer Assisted Language Learning, and I had no special ideas about what can I learn. Before the class, I think that learning English could only use by book or CD. On Internet I just use Google translate. I do not know learning English can use computer. Within a semester, I had learned Blogger, Bilingual Dictionaries, Monolingual dictionaries, Google Syntax, Monolingual online concordancers, Bilingual online concordancers, YouTube, TED, My ET, and MIT OpenCourseware. All of I had learned, CANDLE- National E-Learning Project, TED and NTU Open Course learning system have been of great assistance in learning English for me.

When you do not know how to translate an English sentence with correct constructions, you can use Bilingual online concordancers to search. CANDLE- National E-Learning Project introduced into class provides me a good platform. With collection of texts, it provides Chinese translations and English translations. Let me could use correct English constructions to write sentence. And also can help me to know the word that I do not know. All of the assignments, I all use CANDLE- National E-Learning Project to write. It helps me a lot.

And then, TED provides many speeches let me to watch for free. Including contemporary society, Human Rights, ethical philosophies, etc. I can choose which speech’s type I like. And it provides a wide variety of languages. So at first time I can choose English characters to know what are speaker says. At second time, I can choose Chinese characters to know what the content of speeches. By speech after speech, I can practice my English listening, and adapt different accent. So I think TED is very helpful in English listening.

Last, I am interesting in NTU Open Course learning system. It is a platform that I can view its website in free time and do not limit by a place. Through it I can study the courses by videos which National Taiwan University’s course for free. And it also provides on-campus speeches on video for free. So I do not entered National Taiwan University I can study their courses and listen their speeches.

I have learned a great deal from the entire semester, and it has prompted me to think about how to use computer to learn English. Thank you teacher teach me so many ways to learn English. All of them are very helpful for me.

Assignment 10 - OpenCourseWare

Before the class, I never heard about opencourseware. I think it is useful for me. It provides a free platform for me to study Harvard course, MIT course, etc. There have many different courses can let me choose. I can choose Art, Cooking, Nutrition,etc. Full of English teaching can help me to improve my English listening. And let me adapt to different accepts.