When adapting the text in the exercise I find it actually quite difficult to just adapt it. There are always so many factors to consider in your classroom that to say that by doing this or that to a text has suddenly made it perfect for LINC level 4 mature students is not feasible. I could change some of the words and make them simpler. I could eliminate slang words and replace them with more common words. These could help make it more understandable, but the authenticity of the text might become ruined. Also different copyright laws can apply. I may or may not be able to make changes to the text if I'm able to use it all.
I found the screencasting technology unusable on my laptop. I witnessed other peoples castings and can see the usefulness of such technology. Though we are taught in this course that when using technology that you should be prepared for problems occurring. This particular technology was just not working properly for me to use. I spent far too much time trying to get it to work. In the future I would like to access and use this technology as the ability to teach with it would be worth the effort of figuring it out.
reference:
Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language
pedagogy. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.(Brown, D. & Lee, H. (2015)
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