Topic outline
Welcome
Welcome to the course Computer Assisted Language Learning. This course is meant to share ICT tools that can be used for language teaching and learning purposes.
Google tools for ELT
- •Now you have seen the google tools–Write a reflection on how the tools can be used in language teaching/learning–What advantages do you see?–Issues with using them–Personal opinion/feeling about the tools–Submit this online.
CALL Tools for Creating Teaching Materials
1. Upload your screen capture and audio lessons on YouTube, and invite people to watch
You can upload an improved version and send the link to your instructor
2. Reflect on the lesson explaiing
•What you did,•How you did it•What new skills you have learned•What you felt about the task•Whether this can be applied to your actual classrooms•What issues do you expect when you are using them in ELT•How you may solve the issues
MALL for Learning
•MALL for learning•MALL refers to the mobility of learning•MALL refers to the mobile devices for learning•In both cases the access tools are mobile•Two ways of using MALL• using the inbuilt features of Mobile devises for language learning/teaching•Using specific mobile apps for learning- Lesson 1: Listening from the textbook
- Prepare a listening lesson from the texts of grades 9-12
- Add pre-while and post-listening activities, record the texts reading aloud (make it a self-contained lesson)
- Go to a secondary school, and work with a group of four to five students cellphones)
- Ask the students about what they felt about the lesson and if they are interested in more of such a lesson
- Reflect on what you yourself felt about the lesson and its usability
Lesson 2: Listening from mobile apps
•Go to google play and find a mobile up for learning listening for 9-12 grade levels•Show the students where to find these•Ask the students to listen and do activities as requested in the app•Ask the students about what they felt about the lesson and if they are interested in more of such a lesson•Ask the students which of the two exercises they found more interesting and why?•Reflect on what you yourself felt about the lesson and its usability Here are more texts for your listening texts future.
Final Exam
Read the following training manual for ideas covered in this course and more
These are areas of the final exam for this year. Study, practice and get ready for the final exam.