TOPICS COVERED IN THE MODULE include:
* The history of CALL
* Why/When/How should we use computers in the language classroom?
* Evaluating the pedagogical potential of CALL software
* Constructing CALL activities & worksheets
* The potential of CALL to foster learner autonomy
* Research methods in CALL
* Current CALL research
* Problematizing CALL
STUDENT CONTRIBUTION
Students will be expected to contribute to sessions with questions, comments, and discussion. They will be expected to attend regularly, to read texts in advance of class as required, and to actively engage in the creation and/or evaluation of CALL materials. Participants will be expected to build upon the foundations provided through contact hours by engaging in further, independent work.
MODULE OBJECTIVES
*To familiarize students with the history and current state of computer-assisted language learning (CALL).
*To equip students with the basic arguments in favour of, and against, using CALL in the language classroom.
*To provide hands-on experience of using CALL resources.
* To provide hands-on experience of creating CALL tasks using tools such as presentation applications, WYSIWYG editors, basic authoring programmes, word processors, and transformative tools (e.g., chat, discussion lists, blogs, wikis, podcasts, virtual worlds such as Second Life) to support second language learning.
*To relate CALL to current ideas about language learning and teaching.
*To enable students to relate the concept of learner autonomy to CALL.
*To improve students' transferable skills such a problem solving ability and the confidence to tackle unfamilar issues through engaging in seminar activities, pair/group work discussion, etc.
*To be able to consider computer applications as an integral part of language learning, with their specific limitations and potential.
* The history of CALL
* Why/When/How should we use computers in the language classroom?
* Evaluating the pedagogical potential of CALL software
* Constructing CALL activities & worksheets
* The potential of CALL to foster learner autonomy
* Research methods in CALL
* Current CALL research
* Problematizing CALL
STUDENT CONTRIBUTION
Students will be expected to contribute to sessions with questions, comments, and discussion. They will be expected to attend regularly, to read texts in advance of class as required, and to actively engage in the creation and/or evaluation of CALL materials. Participants will be expected to build upon the foundations provided through contact hours by engaging in further, independent work.
MODULE OBJECTIVES
*To familiarize students with the history and current state of computer-assisted language learning (CALL).
*To equip students with the basic arguments in favour of, and against, using CALL in the language classroom.
*To provide hands-on experience of using CALL resources.
* To provide hands-on experience of creating CALL tasks using tools such as presentation applications, WYSIWYG editors, basic authoring programmes, word processors, and transformative tools (e.g., chat, discussion lists, blogs, wikis, podcasts, virtual worlds such as Second Life) to support second language learning.
*To relate CALL to current ideas about language learning and teaching.
*To enable students to relate the concept of learner autonomy to CALL.
*To improve students' transferable skills such a problem solving ability and the confidence to tackle unfamilar issues through engaging in seminar activities, pair/group work discussion, etc.
*To be able to consider computer applications as an integral part of language learning, with their specific limitations and potential.