Last week, me and my
classmates were in virtual room with Ms.Peggy Tharpe which is an American English consultant, trainer, and teacher,
specializing in listening and speaking skills. She holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Education, a Master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second
Language, and is certified as a Master Teacher and Trainer of Trainers. VR
was for almost 45 minutes. She talked about how does Arabic influence the
pronunciation of English?
First, she started with this picture which I like.
This
picture is about how to pronounce the
letters in Arabic and English. The right one is for Arabic letters and the left
one is for English.
She talked about some examples in Arabic consonant rule,
the example is:
Writing
k t b
Writer
ka ttaa
b
Letter mak too
b
he writes it yak tu
buh
She also talked about examples in English vowels
rule which is :
bike
bake book
buck beak back
Bic balk Bach
buck beak back
Bic balk Bach
VR has advantages and disadvantages as with other
technologies used in classrooms. One of its advantages that it helps the
students to practice active listening. Also, it helps the students to acquire
the accent of native speakers as Arabic speakers.
The disadvantages are when the PC in
class don’t connect and the student will not benefit or if there is no network.
Another thing is related to the time, the teacher needs to prepare before the
class and being sure that is everything is ok.
In Saudi
Arabia, I think VR can't be used
in schools while we don't have PC available in labs of teaching English
language. Also, the time is not enough with 45 minutes. In colleges, I think it
can be used easier and will be beneficial.
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