Task 1: The 4 C's and Technology in ELT

The 4 C’s, which are Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration and Creativity, are a very important resource that we have to consider as teachers in order to manage our classes and improve them. The 4 C’s have to be considered in language learning because you can focus in one of them depending on the types of students you are working with and apply one of the four C’s to success in the learning of a foreign language as English. It is also important to develop the knowledge of the students through these skills.

We can see that the 4 C’s can be also connected with technology, how is this possible? As teachers, we can develop the communication or creativity through the use of different technologies as the internet, software that are designed with the purpose of teaching, or using other softwares which are not specifically for teaching, but we can design task to use them to success in the learning of the languages. The use of technology to develop the language learning is a really good resource nowadays because not all the students learn with the same methods. Combining the technology with one or more of the four C’s would probably show great results in the improve of the learning of the kids if we know how to create the correct tasks for them.

To foster the four C’s in my classes I would probably use a software like Photoshop, a video editor, and I would assign them tasks every class using different softwares in order to create and present a group project at the end of the semester about a topic of their importance which has to be related with the learning of the English language in our Chilean context and how important is it nowadays.