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Sunday, October 2, 2011

"Application of Bax Normilasation in Saudi Arabia: The how!"

Stephan Bax argues that, "Our aim should be to attain a state of `normalisation' in which the technology is invisible and truly integrated"

         Warschauer and Healey famously identifies three phases of CALL which they terms   Behaviouristic, Communicative and Integrative .  But these three stages has some defects were observed by Stephen Bax these are weakness and ambiguity. Stephen Bax suggests three new CALL  that are restricted approach, open CALL and integrated approach. "Restricted approach"  this term is more comprehensive and flexible. It's  refers to the underlying learning theory besides other things such as: the actual software, types of activities, teachers' roles, feedback offered to students and other dimensions. We can clearly see the restriction in the role of a teacher as a monitor. Moreover, the feedback offered to students and to other dimensions.  Open CALL According to Bax, this variety of CALL is more open in terms of feedback given to students, software types and the role of the teacher. It includes simulations and games. Bax argues that we are still using the Open CALL approach. "Integrated approach"  introduced by Warschauer and Healey, this approach doesn't exist yet. According to Bax, this approach represents an aim toward which we should be working. the teacher serves as a manager and facilitator.
          The process of teaching and learning in Saudi Arabia  based on  the traditional ways  which is so boring and oldest. Some of traditional materials use to support the lesson  such as board , book, pen, worksheets and sometimes they use projector . the teacher  must use the technology materials to help the student to get more motivation to learn and be interactive in their course. The teacher have to use the technology  in the teaching process as a normal called normalization which makes the teaching process more attractive and motivated . As  we know there are many useful and interesting  sites for communication and exchange of information among members of group , and generation at this time tends to these sites because they find the ease and interesting during use it such as twitter, face book,…etc. So. The teacher must use the technology tools as a part of lesson like computer and provide the devices with latest teaching  such as programs and tools which can support the teaching process  and Ipod . All of these  help students to used the technology in the right and more interesting ways to get information and learn in different way. Also the teacher plays main role in the teaching process . Finally teacher and the using of technology together we can realize this normalization system and to achieve successful learning.    

2 comments:

Hala said...

Congratulations on your baby blog!
Good luck!
Dr. Hala

Hala said...

Dear لكبريآئي روآيہ,
I agree with you that most of the burden in the integration process is put on the teacher's shoulder. However, you didn't list steps or ways to be followed by educators or the official bodies to help in reaching Bax' normalization in KSA..I would have loved to read about them.
Best,
Dr. Hala