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SAMR is a model designed to help educators introduce technology into teaching and learning. It was popularized by Dr. Ruben Puentedura and the four-stage model supports and enables teachers to design and develop digital learning experiences that utilize technology. SAMR stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition. This model offers a method of seeing how technology can impact teaching and learning. Furthermore, it shows a progression that educators often follow as we go through teaching and learning with technology. As you move along the continuum, computer technology becomes more important in the classroom but at the same time becomes more invisibly woven into the demands of good teaching and learning. According to this model, when we first introduce a computer we do not change the teaching and learning, as we can do the same activities without technology. The moment of redefinition would come when the use of technology in the classroom changes the t...

Communication Technologies and Education in EFL. Teachers depend vigorously on a varied spectrum of materials to assist their teaching process and their student's’ learning process. Tomlinson (1998) point out the word  materials  as  anything which is done by writers, teachers, or learners to provide sources of language input, and to exploit those resources in ways which maximize the likelihood of intake. In simple words, the supplying of information about and/or experience of the language in ways designed to promote language learning. One teacher’s duty is to promote the benefits and costs of designing their own teaching materials and whether it is worth the amount of time and effort they plan to invest on them. A good  Do It Yourself  (DIY) teacher with resources, time, and the confidence and creativity to assemble those resources into a clear and coherent language program is probably about as good as it gets for the average language learner. Nowa...

A fundamental issue present in most of the English Teaching units and programmes, is  the creation of teaching materials . As soon as we start teaching, it is advisable to indicate whether to work with a coursebook or self-made materials. In this document, we will examine one negative aspect and one positive aspect, which might help you decide  when  is it appropriate to use LT materials. A standout amongst the points of interest of teacher self-made materials is Contextualization. If we make a comparison with the materials already designed like coursebooks, teaching materials present the learners the fundamental tools and content to maximize their learning.  Unlike coursebooks which are  globally designed , designing or adapting teacher materials enables ELT to assist to their learners needs and  to take into account their particular learning environment  (Howard & Major, 2008). For example, we had to teach have got  to a reduced ...