One, Two, Three! Get Your Picture!

     In Brandle's article, Integrating Internet-based Reading Material Into The Foreign Language Curriculum, he mentions three different approaches for the curriculum. First one is teacher-determined lesson. Second one is teacher-facilitated lesson. And the third one is student-determined lesson. The three types of lesson are shown in the film.

     In his article, he mentions that if learners' language skill is not good and critical enough, it is possible that the leaners may lost themselves in the wide Internet. Therefore, based on the quality of leaners' language, he raises up three approaches. They are good in some way. At least, the approaches reduce the possibility that leaners may get lost in learning. But there are still some other reasons we have to think about. Provided that designers of lesson can control over the quality of leaners' language, one potential problem we have to concern about is students themselves. Now, teacher wants to integrate Internet-based reading materials into his class but not all the students in the class have convenient access to get the Internet or even computer. It would build a big obstacle on students' learning. And moreover, it may reduce students' willing to learn. This problem is easy to find out in some countries which are developing or which have a big poverty gap.