Integrating IT in language education

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Integrating IT in language education

• Wing Au
• EDUC4067 IT Curriculum

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Modes of using computers in education A quick
review

• Learning about computers
• Learning from computers
• Learning with computers
• Learning to think with computers
• Managing learning with computers

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Merits

• Ease of chores, editing, etc. etc.
• Multimodal learning
• Communication
• Contextual learning

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Some issues

• Input methods
• Keyboarding when? Why?
• Multimedia learning, not just print-based
• Media literacy vs print literacy
• Reading from the screen portability, habit
• Which area(s) can technology help best, reading,
  writing, speaking, listening?
• ???

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Some strategies suggested by Roblyer (2006)

• Electronic publishing projects to encourage
  student writing
• Electronic penpal (keypal) activities to
  encourage student writing
• Internet resources to engage students in
  literature
• Internet resources to motivate student reading
• Concept mapping software to help students plan
  their writing
• Talking books to engage students in reading
• Spelling and grammar checkers to help students
  edit their work
• Threaded discussion to motivate student writing
• Blogs to motivate student writing
• Tracking systems to motivate student reading
• Any more

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Some strategies suggested by Roblyer for
technology in foreign language instruction (2006)

• Images downloaded from the Internet help
  illustrate language concepts
• Interactive storybooks support language
  acquisition
• Interactive software and handheld devices provide
  language skills practice
• Presentation aids help scaffold students
  language use
• Web sites offer exercises for students to
  practise language skills
• Virtual collaboration provide authentic practice
• Virtual field trips provide simulated immersion
  experiences
• Foreign language word processing supports writing
  in other languages
• Language labs support language acquisition
• Any more?

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Some useful language learning sites(1)

• http//www.word2word.com/coursead.html
• http//www.byki.com/index.htm
• http//www.free-translator.com/
• http//www.magictheatre.com/language.html
• http//www.foreignlanguagehome.com/topics/software
  /index.htm
• http//www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html
• http//pbskids.org/lions/
• http//www.meddybemps.com/letterary/index.html

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Some useful language learning sites(2)

• http//www.humanjapanese.com/
• http//www.educational-software-directory.net/lang
  uage-arts/language.html
• Literature
• http//www.middlemiss.org/lit/lit.htmlozpoems
• Australian School Library Association
• http//www.aslansw.org.au/pubs/ausauthors.htm
• http//www4.tpgi.com.au/welwel/ausauthors/authd.ht
  m

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Some useful language learning sites(3)

• Authors and Illustrators on the Web
• http//www.ucalgary.ca/dkbrown/authors.html
• The Children's Literature Web Guide
• http//www.acs.ucalgary.ca/dkbrown/
• Children's Book Council
• http//www.cbcbooks.org/

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Some useful language learning (4)

• Online Dictionaries
• http//dictionary.reference.com/
• http//www.m-w.com/
• Scholastic Book Publishers
• http//www.scholastic.com/
• English Literature Resources on the Web
• http//www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/hum/engli
  sh/index.html

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Some useful language learning sites(5)

• Teaching English
• http//www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
• Word search
• http//puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/WordSearch
  SetupForm.html
• Traditional Game - Hangman
• http//www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/hangman/
  
• Australian Literacy Educator's Associationhttp//
  www.alea.edu.au/

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Some useful language learning sites(6)

• http//www.leapfrogschoolhouse.com
• http//www.transparent.com
• http//www.2learn.ca
• http//www.translation.net
• http//www.tramline.com
• http//www.globalschoolnet.org
• http//www.esl.net