Good Day Everyone

Salam and good morning.

And so it goes, the final semester has started. This is the first class for me, CALL. What is CALL? It is stands for Computer Assisted Language Learning, one of the interesting subject, hopefully, that i will be learning through out the semester. Well well well, i have not introduced myself yet. I am Mafarhanatul Akmal bt. Ahmad Kamal. As the name is quite long and difficult to remember, I prefer people acknowlegde me as Hanna Akmal.

I love to blog! I think it's becoming one of my passion. BUT, that does not indicate me as a computer savvy or an expert. It's just that I am a computer/internet literate as I know how to use it and a little of it here and there. But, I am sure that I am good in Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel and a litle on Publisher. :) In term of hardware, I do know what is CPU, speaker, motherboard etceteras. However, let me be frank, I own a laptop and if happened the laptop is not function, be it the software or the hardware, I rather send it to the expert as I do not have any ideas on how to repair it. ;P

Learning via computer and internet is very interesting. It is one of the factors that excite us to learn more and more by exploring it. I have been using computer to learn since I was a litle kid. Back then, I used to have lessons on language or math by using computer software. Not only at home, I was taught using computer at the school as well. However, during my practicum days, I was not able to incorporate the use of computer through out the lessons. The difficulty to use it in the lesson was my strong reason. The school is too big, and the students were like to skip classes by loitering around the school. It was like impossible to get them to move from one place to another by not missing any of them. And, as a trainee teacher, I was not encourage to use computer as the medium of teaching.

Based on my experience, I would love to incorporate the use of computer/ technology in teaching and learning process. It will be a lot of fun. The students will be more excited and eager to learn rather than by using chalk and talk. There a lot of courseware or application that can be used in teaching. At the same time it is able to improve the students' proficiency in computer skills as well as in language skills. The students are able to get to know the latest computer/technology invention as well as get connected around the world by using the language. It will be such 'killing two birds with one stone".

Thus, I hope this course will help me to improve my skills in computer/technology so that I can use it to teach the future generations. InsyaAllah. Till then, enjoy our final semester and see you around peeps!!


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