Summer TEFL Update Course

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Summer TEFL Update Course

• Computing

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CALLComputer Assisted Language Learning

• The Internet
• Word processing
• Presentation Software
• Database
• Authoring software
• Multimedia
• http//www.eastment.com/links.html

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The Internet
Email
World Wide Web
Discussion list forums
Telnet
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Electronic Chat rooms (IRC) MUDs MOOs
Intranet
SMS
Net meeting
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Email

• Advantages
• Economical
• Fast
• Easy
• Autonomous

• Disadvantages
• Ephemeral
• Difficult to be monitored by teacher
• Possibility of a less controlled learning
  environment
• Flames

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Discussion Forums

• General discussions
• Open to all members
• Focussed on a particular topic
• Netiquette
• http//www.woodgate.org/FAQs/netiquette.html
• Yahoo egroups http//groups.yahoo.com/
• List Builder http//www.listbuilder.com

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FTP Telnet

• FTP
• Downloading free software
• Downloading files
• Sending files to a server

• Telnet
• Communicating with a remote computer

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Electronic Chat rooms (IRC)MUDs MOOs

• Multi-user domains (MUD)
• Multi-user domain Object Oriented (MOO)
• Synchronous
• Games played by many users at the same time.
  http//schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu8888/

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Net meeting

• Synchronous communication
• Free downloads from
• http//www.netmeeting.co.uk
• http//www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting
• Can be used with Multimedia( real time sound and
  video images)

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SMS

• Text messaging. Computer, mobile phone
  interaction.
• http//www.genie.com

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World Wide Web

• Resources for teachers
• Resources for students
• A database of authentic material
• Games and entertainment
• Download of free software and resources
• Easy and fast communication
• (See bibliography slide ...)

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Word ProcessorWord

• Better print-based materials
• Durable material
• Find and replace facility
• Easy error correction
• Easy commenting facilities
• Text manipulation, gap filling and reordering
• Multimedia materials production

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Presentation softwarePowerPoint

• Structured way of communication
• Easily usable for self access
• Good material for interactive learning
• Leads to the development of structured learner
  thinking process
• Clear layout
• Interactive

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DatabaseWord Microsoft Access

• A wealth of authentic material for
• Research
• simulations
• projects
• Making databases as end products of
• Questionnaires
• Mail Merging

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Authoring software

• Helping the teacher to make electronic exercises
• Wida Authoring Suite
• Hot Potatoes
• Medi8or
• Fun with text

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Authoring continued

• Cloze and gap filling
• Text reconstruction
• Matching
• Multiple choice
• Text reordering
• Electronic-based tests

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Multimedia

• In addition to text
• sound clips
• picture
• computer graphic
• video clips
• animation

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Bibliography

• The Internet and the Language classroom
• Gavin Dudeney CUP 2000
• The internet
• Scott Windeatt, David Hardisty, David Eastman
• Computer assisted language learning (CALL)
  media, design and applications. - Lisse Abingdon
  Swets Zeitlinger, 1999.