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Technology in language learning and teaching

The document discusses the historical development and integration of technology in language learning, highlighting the evolution from language laboratories in the 1950s to computer-assisted language learning in the 1980s. It emphasizes the importance of technology in enhancing teaching resources and learning experiences, as well as the differences between digital natives and digital immigrants. Additionally, it outlines principles for effectively using technology in language teaching to promote active learning and collaboration among students.

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Technology in language learning and teaching

The document discusses the historical development and integration of technology in language learning, highlighting the evolution from language laboratories in the 1950s to computer-assisted language learning in the 1980s. It emphasizes the importance of technology in enhancing teaching resources and learning experiences, as well as the differences between digital natives and digital immigrants. Additionally, it outlines principles for effectively using technology in language teaching to promote active learning and collaboration among students.

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Technology Integration
Historical development
1950s and 1960s: the language laboratory
• Tape-deck-equipped booths - students gathered to
listen to native speakers modelling the drills of the
current day’s lesson.
• Ss recorded their own voices on one track of a tape or
simply had the benefit of a listening lab.
--> limitations on communication
Brown (2015)
1980s

a promising new technology that can offer input and output,


feedback, ss collaboration, interactivity and fun

--> computer-assisted language learning (CALL)

Brown (2015)
Technology for language learning
1. Technology as providing 2. Technology as providing
teaching resources enhanced learning
• film strips, audio, video experiences
recording • a blog
• playback equipment • a social networking site
• Internet (Facebook)
• ‘search engines’ • YouTube
• online dictionaries • Wiki
• grammar and style checkers • Electronic Text Corpus
• concordances
Brown (2015)
Scrivener, J. (2011)

Some stereotypes
Digital natives: Digital immigrants:
01 02
young students who have grown teachers who are trying hard to
up with 21st-Century digital catch up and understand, and
technology and are familiar and often having problems with new
well-understood of technology technology.
as a part of their normal world.

Students Teachers
03 04
techno-savvy
techno-wary
Scrivener, J. (2011)

Facts

Many young people’s There are a lot of uses


familiarity may not of technology that are
have much breadth or specific to education
depth. and is introduced to
students by teachers.
Technologies in Classroom
Traditional technologies: some tools which are used commonly in
particular classroom context.
Technologies in Classroom
Emerging technologies: they are defined as new technologies
(typically digital technologies)
Producing desired
01 EFFECTIVENESS results
THE BENEFITS OF
USING Efforts dedicated for
TECHNOLOGIES 02 EFFICIENCY
intended tasks

03 PACE Time commitment


Why do we need Technology in Education?

TEACHER'S PERFORMANCE STUDENTS' MOTIVATION,


Assessment, Monitoring, Guiding, ENGAGEMENT, &
Feedback LEARNING

STUDENTS' HIGHER STUDENTS' ABILITY TO


ORDER THINKING SKILLS WORK COLLABRATIVELY
Creative, Critical, Reflective

Roblyer and Doering, 2012; Lever-Duffy, McDonald, and Mizell, 2005; Collins and Halverson, 2009; Robin, 2008.
PRINCIPLES FOR
USING TECHNOLOGY
IN LANGUAGE
TEACHING
(by Brown)
1.The boundary between learning and playing is
blurring.
2. Promote active and collaborative learning
activities using technology.
3. Provide scaffolding when needed for successful
task completion.
4. Keep paragraphs concise and use bulleted lists for
online reading texts.
5. Be aware of the challenge of maintaining up-to-date
information, knowledge, and resources available on
the Internet.
Reading and
Writing
Listening and
Presentation
Speaking
tools

Interactive Grammar and


whiteboard Vocabulary
Software Interactive Interactive ActiVote
(ActivInspire) board pen device
• Write/ Draw
2. Drag & Drop
3. Hide/ Reveal
Students' Teachers' Limited
problem with technology writing
interactive pen skills space
Powerpoint Keynote Prezi Canva
No teacher-
Bad graphics Dead lessons
student
interaction
Listening and
Speaking

Reading and Grammar and


Writing Vocabulary
Reading and Writing
E-mail E-book Readers Wikis and Blogs Social
and E-reserves Networking
Video Clips and Audio Podcasts

Audio- and Video-Conferencing

Listening Portable Internet Devices with a Video Camera

and
Speaking
Online Grammar
Exercises Corpus and
Concordance

GRAMMAR
AND
VOCABULARY
Mobile Devices

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