WEEK2 - CALL? Canva? What are they?

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Hi peeps! It had been a week since I updated my blog. Frankly speaking, I almost forgot to update my blog for week 2 😬 Maybe I was too excited for my mid-semester break even though it was just two weeks after this semester started. Ya, our mid-semester break is literally more like an early semester break (?). By the way, I would like to wish all of you Happy Chinese New Year! Have a lot of fun with your family and friends. Spend your precious time wisely peeps 🎉

            Okay, so back to what I have learned in class last week, Madam Azida taught us about CALL. I am pretty sure that some of you are not really aware of this. Basically, CALL or Computer-Assisted Language Learning is activities that employ computers in teaching and learning new language. This is not the first time I learned and heard about CALL since I had learned it during my diploma where I was required to do a micro-teaching by using a software called ‘Kahoot!’. From what I had observed, learning language especially English through this medium is more vivid and fun as it promotes active participation among the students. Plus, technology is powerful and has strong influence where it can grab the students’ attention well.

            In addition, I got to know about the progression of CALL which are Behaviouristic CALL, Communicative CALL, and Integrated CALL. From the lecture, I managed to identify the differences between the progression of CALL and the advantages of each progression. I am more attracted to Communicative CALL where it focused more on the usage of language rather than teaching the language – its rules, syntax, phonemes, and morphemes. This progression creates an environment where the use of language becomes natural. For example, students can learn language by watching videos so that they can implement it in real life conversation. Therefore, in learning language, communication and interaction are very important.

            Next, during the last class of the week, Madam Azida guided us in using Canva website. Canva is a graphic-design tool website where the users can design their own poster, logo, card, and many more. It is an application where it is widely used by the non-designers as well as professionals. Previously, I had used this website to create logos and posters for my assignments but I am not really good with it. So, when Madam Azida mentioned that we were going to learn how to use Canva.com, I got excited. Madam asked us to design the first post entry based on our own creativity. There were tons of design and layout to choose which make me confuse. They were all pretty but I decided to go with the minimalist style. If you are interested to design your own wedding cards or such, you can visit this website https://www.canva.com/ 

            Lastly, learning language through technology has a lot of advantages rather than disadvantages if we are able to limit ourselves. So use your computer wisely! I really hope this entry could be such a great help for all of you who want to know about CALL and Canva website.

Till next time! Bye peeps 💛

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