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Foreign Language Teaching Methods: Technology

Lesson 4: Input vs. Intake

Introduction
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
- What's the Difference?
- Enhancing Intake through Technology
- Should Technology Replace the Textbook?
- Review and Reflect
Conclusion
Portfolio
Resources

Review

1. What is the difference between "input" and "intake"?

Input refers to exposure to language that is around us, while intake refers to what it takes to hear it all.

Input refers to where we put accent marks, while intake refers to the rules for accent placement.

Input refers to exposure to language that is around us, while intake is limited to the comprehended input.

2. How is the student blog from the phonetics course an example of input and intake?

There are examples from Argentina and Spain.

The students are given chances to hear and focus on hundreds of examples of speech.

Students can input the phonetic symbols for intake generation.

3. In what ways do textbooks sometimes create situations for passive learning?

People read books while sitting down in comfortable chairs.

Teachers and students make fewer choices about the learning process because the whole structure is provided in the textbook.

Encourages people to purchase mobile devices.

Homework comes directly from the textbook, so study in actual class time is reduced.

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Reflect

Go to the phonetics and phonology blog site. Under "tags", click on "Juan Carlos de la Osa" and listen to the recording of his voice (don't worry if you do not speak Spanish). Notice that there are a number of comments that students have written about his speech. How many of those student comments contain phonetic symbols? What does that tell you about their input of the video clip and the intake that they received?

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