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(8) Reflection on CMC

Computer-Mediated communication (CMC) is a subjects that integrates learning and computer application. For our field, language, computer plays an important role as it is one of the universal tool used in social media such as twitter, Facebook, email and WhatsApp. Studies for CMC can be varied in scope for example pragmatics point of view, semantics or even morphology. With the ever changing linguistics component on social media, it is best to do a research to understand the possible reason behind it. Our mode of CMC is twitter and our framework is Grice’s Cooperative principle of conversation. This research opens up our knowledge on language use in social media which can be quite different from written use as it focuses more on relying meaning rather than grammatical component. However even though it can be quite ungrammatical, the messages is still understood as the language is focused more on conversation and relaying meaning. Thus, it can be said that CMC helps us in understanding language used in social media and its variation.

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(7) Reflections on Presentation- Group 13-15

Group 13

Group 13 summary on research paper focuses on reading skill specifically comprehension. This research made comparison between the effectiveness of traditional or CALL method. Finding suggest that in this particular skills, CALL is more effective in assisting teacher who teaches, English as a second language. The website Ace Reader Elite on the other hand focuses on the speed of students' reading which shows their own proficiency. 

 Group 14

Group fourteen's discuss on the effectiveness of using mind mapping in writing. Primary student were usually teach to use mind map when writing essays. I do agree with this group as i think mind mapping software can help student to perform better in writing skills. This is because mind map will assists the student in brainstorming, generating and organizing ideas. This is clearly in line with group fourteen journal article that has been discuss during the presentation.

  Group 15

Group fifteen had presented on reading skills where the journal article that they choose discuss on how technology can help student in their reading ability. They think that technology will be a great help in assisting student in mastering reading skills. Thus they suggest that school and university administrator should encourage their teacher in using the technology and incorporating it in their teaching. 

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(6) Reflections on Presentation- Group 10-12

Group 10

Group ten's presentation is on writing skills. The research which analyze blog as a medium of writing and its relationship on student's writing performance shows that using call, specifically in this research, blog significantly enhance students' writing skills. The software used which is web inspiration also venture on different part of writing skills which is mind mapping. This is one of the many important feature for writing skills. 

 Group 11

Reading skills is the main focus for group eleven's presentation. Their journal article which integrate traditional reading method and through computer application. This website is called pamanpintermu in the journal paper helps in producing a product that integrates reading program with auto-scoring thus giving a fresh alternative towards reading skills. This website which is ELC study zone also very engaging and promote students learning in reading skills.

 Group 12

Listening skills are best learnt in class is the main argument of group twelve's research article. This highlights the importance of combining audio and visual aid in listening skills. Their application named EDpuzzle provides a platform that uses video in learning. Through the videos given which represent certain topics, student can listens better as they need to do it in order to answer the questions. This simultaneously makes them practice their listening skills better.

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(5) Reflection on Presentation- Group 5-9

Group 5

This group also presented on writing skill and the software chosen was Essay Punch which effectively helping 13 years old students in enhancing their English writing performance. Students could learn how to write an essay using all the features provided, however, the software has its own limitations as it requires internet connection and students need to first subscribe it in order to use its full features.

 Group 6

Our group presentation is about listening skill specifically listening skill of foreign language students. It is proven that CALL helps in producing more skilled EFL students in listening skill. This is because it is very interactive and attract the interest of the students. The website demostrated which is ESL-lounge is also quite comprehensive and can be used. However, preparation should be made early as there is technical difficulties during our presentation.

Group 7

Group seven's presentation focuses on reading skill of EFI students. The research which emphasis on lower order thinking skill (LOTS) and the higher order thinking skill (HOTS) shows that there is improvement in learner's ability and critical thinking when they learned through YouTube. Thus, this can help to improve English proficiency among learners by using YouTube. The application presented is very interesting and interactive as Kahoot.com can make the whole class engage in playing thus make learning easier.

Group 8

Listening skill is the main focus of group eight's presentation. The article which focus on problem based gaming and learning proved that games can also help in learning as learners can learn more vocabulary items, learn how to speak and improve their listening skills. However, measure should be taken to make sure that both the learner and environment are fit for learning. This presentation also shows that people can learn from everything as long as they have the will to do it. Their application which is lyric training is also very interactive and can mainly attracts adults, children and especially teenager to improve their listening skills.

Group 9

Group nine presented on writing skill which focuses on non-native English speaker's writing skills. This presentation shows that for writing skill, it is better to have both CALL and traditional method as it is more beneficial and comprehensive. This is because sometimes, the application do not contain comprehensive explanation on the reason behind every mistakes and so on. The website used named Cambridge Write and Improve. This website is very interactive and simple to use. However, it does not detect plagiarism which can be a downside as students can just copy and paste materials. Furthermore, it does not detect grammar directly which can delay the learner's learning time.

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(4) Reflection on Presentation- Group 3 & 4

Group 3

This group presented on speaking skill and the research article they used concentrates on the impact of CALL on Iranian EFL learners’ speaking skill. However, the article does not state the objective of the study which makes the research article as not a good one. The software chosen is www.englishcentral.com and their targeted learners can use the software as well as learn from the videos provided to enhance their speaking skill. The particular software also is an appropriate tool for learning session as it adheres to almost 70% of Chapelle’s Evaluation of CALL Appropriateness.

Group 4

This group presented on writing skill and the research article used investigates the relationship between the usage of VPen and writing performance of EFL of junior high school students. At the end of the study, it is proved that VPen gives a positive impact on their writing skill thus proving the effectiveness of CALL in assisting language learning session. As for the software, they have chosen Loecsen where the targeted participants are form 1 students of rural area and it is good software as it provides helpful features for the students. However, Loecsen software also has a few of limitations because some of the features are only accessible using Google Chrome and it is only meant for those in beginner level.

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(3) Reflection on Presentation- Group 1 & 2

Group 1

This group presented on speaking skill and the software chosen was British Council Learn English/ Teen where their target learners are those of form 3 to form 5 students. The software is quite helping in improving their speaking skill as it provides a lot of fun activities could be done using it as it involves both the teacher and students.

Group 2

This group presented on listening skill and the research article they used focuses on how CALL affects the learning performance of English language through listening skill. The findings proved that technology also played a role in language learning. As for the software, they have chosen Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab and their targeted participant are form 5 students and overall, that particular software could effectively cater their needs as it offers various types of listening skills that are suitable for different kind of students and it also provides varieties of difficulties level where the students could choose based on their proficiency level thus making the software suitable for the participants.

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(2) Reflection on CALL and Creation of New Knowledge

Learning a language can be fun and challenging at the same time. This is because, a language is not only bound to the users only it can also be bound on their culture, pronunciation, placement of people that makes up dialect, and also the ever changing words and their meaning. This is because language is always evolving. To this date, many people have become bilingual or multilingual with English as their second or third language. This due to the fact that, English is the international or the lingua franca of the world for now. Therefore, the method of teaching English component has grown and sprouted many other alternatives. Since language is a universal tool, studying language helps to discover the integration between English Language with other subjects. One of the example is when the step of acquisition of knowledge is the same as what has been taught in Arabic. Besides, we know that actually all language are interrelated with one borrowing words from others. An example is the word "lemon" comes from Arabic word "laimun".

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(1) Reflection on Experience in CALL

Coming from a rural area, all of us are exposed to CALL method only in the later year of primary school. When we are in standard four, five and six which is in the year 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively. We are exposed to CALL method through learning English, Mathematics, Malay and Science via CD and slides prepared by the Ministry of Education and our teachers. This method is more on Communicative CALL where the focus is on discovering learning. This method continues up until secondary level of education where during form one, two and three there is a usage of floppy disk for each subject and also finding information for our course work for History class. Meanwhile, we use CALL to assist us in doing accounting course work.

However, it is during foundation studies that we started to use integrative approach which is when technology is integrated into language learning. At that time, we learn Arabic via Facebook group, chatting with our lectures on educational method and so on. 

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