Introduction to new technologies and how they can contribute to language learning and teaching

1. ICT IN LANGUAGE TECHING
ICT IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
GROUP 1
RIFYAL MUKARRAM
JUVRIANTO CJ
ICT4LT Module 1.1
“Introduction to new technologies and how they can
contribute to language learning and teaching.”

2. 1. Definitions of terms
2. Why should the language teacher be concerned
with new technologies?
3. How effective are new technologies in
promoting language learning?
4. What can ICT offer the language teacher and
the language learner?
5. General characteristics of digital media
6. Online materials
7. Software
CONTENTS

3. The main aim of this module is to introduce you to new
technologies and to present the arguments for using them in
the language classroom. The module includes a discussion on
the effectiveness of new technologies as learning and
teaching aids.
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AIMS

4. 1. Generic Software
2. CALL Software
3. Generic CALL Authoring Software
4. Communications Software
5. Concordancing Software
6. Natural Language Processing (NLP) Software
DEFINITION OF TERMS

5. 1. ICT is motivating both for students and for teachers
2. ICT offers a wide range of multimedia resources
3. ICT offers opportunities for intensive one-to-one learning
in a multimedia computer lab
4. ICT offers access to a rich resource of authentic materials
on the Internet
5. ICT offers access to a wide range of authentic materials
on CD-ROM and DVD
6. ICT makes worldwide communication possible
7. ICT can open up a new range of self-access and distance
learning opportunities
WHY SHOULD THE LANGUAGE TEACHER BE CONCERNED WITH NEW
TECHNOLOGIES?

6. 1. ICT is motivating both for students and for teachers
2. ICT offers a wide range of multimedia resources
3. ICT offers opportunities for intensive one-to-one learning
in a multimedia computer lab
4. ICT offers access to a rich resource of authentic materials
on the Internet
5. ICT offers access to a wide range of authentic materials
on CD-ROM and DVD
6. ICT makes worldwide communication possible
7. ICT can open up a new range of self-access and distance
learning opportunities
WHY SHOULD THE LANGUAGE TEACHER BE CONCERNED WITH NEW
TECHNOLOGIES?

7. Within the first year it was clear that CALL was having a
positive effect. In those areas where a grammar point was
totally lacking in English - such as gender and adjective
agreement - students’ performances could be seen to move
rapidly from total confusion to a system for resolving each
task faultlessly.
See also the article by Heather Rendall, Life without the
computer, in which she describes the drop in standards,
especially awareness of genders in French and written
accuracy, that she observed as a result of one class having to
forego its regular CALL sessions in the computer lab: Rendall
(1988).
HOW EFFECTIVE ARE NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN PROMOTING LANGUAGE
LEARNING?

8. 1. Use by students of materials that the teacher has created
for them with generic software applications.
2. Use of generic software applications such as Word and
PowerPoint by students to create their own materials,
e.g. essays and presentations.
3. Use by students of audio and video recordings that can
be downloaded from the Web.
4. Use by students of audio and video recordings that the
teacher has created for them with audio and video
editing tools
5. Use of audio and video editing tools by students to create
their own audio and video recordings.
WHAT CAN ICT OFFER THE LANGUAGE TEACHER AND THE LANGUAGE LEARNER?

9. 6. Use by students of commercially-produced CD-ROMs and
DVDs
7. Use by students of commercially-produced multimedia
CALL packages, e.g. the EuroTalk series of CD-ROMs and
DVDs.
8. Use by students of materials that the teacher has
created and tailored to their needs using authoring
programs such as Hot Potatoes, TaskMagic and Fun with
Texts, and materials of this type that can be downloaded
from the Web.
9. Use of the Web as a resource, including online
interactive quizzes, webquests, scavenger hunts,
dictionaries, encyclopaedias and grammar reference
materials, as well as generic tools such as search
engines for finding information
WHAT CAN ICT OFFER THE LANGUAGE TEACHER AND THE LANGUAGE LEARNER?

10. 10. Use of a range of Web 2.0 tools by the teacher or by students,
including social networking sites.
11. Use of email, e-pal and e-twinning schemes, and tandem
learning (buddy learning).
12. Use of audio - and videoconferencing facilities.
13. Computer Aided Assessment (CAA).
14. Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL).
15. Use of chat rooms.
16. Use of MUDs, MOOs and MUVEs.
17. Use of virtual worlds, e.g. Second Life.
18. Use of concordance programs
19. Use of tools falling into the category of speech technologies
20. se by the teacher of whole-class presentation devices and
software, e.g. computer plus data projector or interactive
whiteboard (IWB).
WHAT CAN ICT OFFER THE LANGUAGE TEACHER AND THE LANGUAGE LEARNER?

11. 1. Text
2. Images, audio and video
3. Mixing media
4. Distributing media
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DIGITAL MEDIA

12. 1. Electronic communication
2. Information on the Web
ONLINE MATERIALS

13. Software is the collective term for computer programs
(also known as applications) and contrasted with hardware,
which describes the computer itself and the other bits and
pieces attached to it.
Characteristics of Software:
1. Interactivity
2. Feedback
3. Multimedia CALL
4. Which media?
5. Discussion topics
SOFTWARE