It is very true that teachers frequently face many challenges in their teaching, for example dealing with reluctant students, lack of teaching ideas, limited access to some materials, lack of technology supports, and so on. As consequences, teachers have to think hard to overcome these problems as they are responsible to run the learning process. Additionally, the curriculum changes have also contributed to their confusion as they get more burdens in accomplishing more administrative work at schools.

These problems can be coped by identifying what the students need and adjusted things with the curriculum needs. The use of technology in teaching and learning might also be beneficial, not only to create more effective, innovative, interactive, and engaging learning environment, but also gives teachers an opportunity to be more creative and improve their digital skills.

This "The Digital Classroom for Effective EFL Learning: Exploring Technology in Action" book may become one of great sources for teachers who are willing to give more meaningful English learning experience for students. The digital tools used are simple, easy to use and can be adjusted with the skill(s) being learned. There are 49 activities using some digital apps described in this book which have been employed in the authors’ own classroom and documented/published as some best practices and research.

Being technophiles has brought us to experiment more in our classrooms to figure out something precious that we can learn and then can be shared to others. However, we still believe that in teaching and learning English, teachers’ role is much more crucial than the use of technological tools itself. The best thing to do is combining them in a fit and proper ways.

Furthermore, we realized that this book is still imperfect and needs some improvement in the future. We welcome criticism from the readers in perfecting the next book. Let’s discuss more who knows we can have some great collaborations in the future.

Nevertheless, we are really delightful to share this book to all of you to gain more knowledge and insights, particularly in teaching the four English skills and integrated them with technology.

Indonesia, 14 May 2023
Authors

Sampul
Hak Cipta
The Authors’ Note
Table of Content
English is Hard. Helppp!
A. English Skills: Receptive and Productive Skills
B. Learning Obstacles
C. Curriculum Change and Its Impact
English Learning and Technologies
A. English Learning
B. The Rise of Technology
C. Integrating Technology in English Learning
Teaching Reading with Technolgy
A. Teaching Reading
B. Digital Tools to Teach Reading
     1. Let’s Read Asia
     2. Reading Bear
     3. Rewordify
     4. Bitmoji Virtual Classroom
     5. Storynory
     6. Basmo
C. Teaching Reading with Let’s Read Asia
     Activity 1: Literature Circles
     Activity 2: Reading Race
D. Teaching Reading with Reading Bear
     Activity 1: Reviewing Words
     Activity 2: Taking Word Quiz
E. Teaching Reading with Rewordify
     Activity 1: Analyzing Recount Text
     Activity 2: Reading Classics
F. Teaching Reading with Bitmoji Virtual Classroom
     Activity 1: Reading in Virtual Library
     Activity 2: Travelling with Bitmoji
G Teaching Reading with Storynory
     Activity 1: Predicting Questions
     Activity 2: Creating Character Models of a Story
H. Teaching Reading with Bosma
     Activity 1: Tracking My Reading
     Activity 2: I am Happy Reading
Teaching Writing with Technolgy
A. Teaching Writing
B. Digital Tools to Teach Writing
     2. Google Docs
     3. Canva
     4. Poem Generator
     5. Replika
     6. ChatGPT
C. Teaching Writing with Let’s Read Asia
     Activity 1: From Wordless books into stories
     Activity 2: And they live happily ever after
D. Teaching Writing with Google Docs
     Activity 1: Collaborative Writing
     Activity 2: Writing a Story with Emojis
E. Teaching Writing with Canva
     Activity 1: Pictorial Story
     Activity 2: Writing a Newsletter
F. Teaching Writing with Poem Generator
     Activity 1: Human Love Poem versus Poem Generator’s
     Activity 2: Acrostic Poem
G. Teaching Writing with Replika
     Activity 1: Summary of the Chat
     Activity 2: Writing about the Replika Avatar
H. Teaching Writing with ChatGPT
     Activity 1: A Collaborative Writing with ChatGPT
     Activity 2: Writing a Horror Story with ChatGPT
     Activity 3: From a Movie Script to a Great Synopsis
Teaching Speaking with Technology
A. Teaching Speaking
B. Digital Tools to Teach Speaking
     1. Tandem
     2. PlantNet
     3. Snapchat
     4. Duolingo
     5. Netflix
     6. Padlet
C. Teaching Speaking with Tandem
     Activity 1: Hi! It’s me!
     Activity 2: Let’s Party
D. Teaching Speaking with PlantNet
     Activity 1: My Plant
     Activity 2: Guessing the Plant
E. Teaching Speaking with Snapchat
     Activity 1: Meet My Animal
     Activity 2: The New Me
F. Teaching Speaking with Duolingo
     Activity 1: Repeating Sentences
     Activity 2: WH Questions
G. Teaching Speaking with Netflix
     Activity 1: Movie Review
     Activity 2: Comparing Movies and Books
H Teaching Speaking with Padlet
     Activity 1: Describing a Plant
     Activity 2: Telling about My Daily Activities
Teaching Listening with Technology
A. Teaching Listening
B. Digital Tools to Teach Listening
     1. Lyrics Training
     2. VOA Learning English
     3. PORO English
     5. Google Play Books
     6. Netflix
C. Teaching Listening with Lyrics Training
     Activity 1: Choosing the Correct Words
     Activity 2: Filling in the Gaps
D. Teaching Listening with VoA Learning English
     Activity 1: Identifying Past Sentences
     Activity 2: Finding the Keywords
E. Teaching Listening with PORO English
     Activity 1: Retelling Where Someone is from
     Activity 2: Reviewing a Story
F. Teaching Listening with LearnEnglishKids
     Activity 1: Reviewing a Story
     Activity 2: Retelling a How to
G. Teaching Listening with Google Play Books
     Activity 1: Finding the Moral Message of the Story
     Activity 2: Extending the Story
H. Teaching Listening with Netflix
     Activity 1: One Episode One Day
     Activity 2: Listening to Different Accents
Points to Ponder
     1. Clear instruction
     2. Brief tutorial
     3. Peer teaching
     4. Motivation, encouragement, and praise
     5. Never stop exploring, learning new tech tools
     6. Pedagogy first, technology second
References
Authors
SAmpul Belakang