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2006-11-10 17:49:00
Good thing the blogosphere!Dekita and Bee have sent me the first comments. Thanks a lot. It's good to feel that there are great people out there.In Bee's comment we get the information about TESOL Electronic Village Online 2007 , a free online event which will be held from January 15th to February 25th (the Call for Participation will come out early December).At Bee's blog I have found an excellent presentation about Blogs, Podcasts and Other Social Tools, created for The Future of Learning in a Networked World (New Zealand, 18-29 September, 2006):This album is powered byBubbleShare- Add to my blog
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Computer-assisted language learning (some definitions)
2006-11-07 19:51:00
Michael Levy (Comp uter -Assisted Language Learning: Contexts and Conceptualization, OUP, 1997) defined CALL as "the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning". It is a field which has been constantly evolving both in terms of pedagogical changes and technological advances. To the possible advantages of multimedia applications, the use of the Internet has added real and global communication (how to learn with Computer Mediated Communication is a growing field of investigation) and a huge amount of materials, linguistic data and online resources. New web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, podcasts) are offering new possibilities to communicate, collaborate and share learning and knowledge.Ken Beatty (Teaching and Researching CALL, Pearson, 2003) gives a broader definition of CALL that takes into consideration its changing nature: "any process in which a learner uses a computer and, as a result, improves his or her language".A further definition for CA...
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Welcome to this new blog on...
2006-11-06 18:30:00
language labs and English teaching. I am currently working on an investigation project on ICT integration into Secondary Education study programs. I'll let you know here about my learning, thoughts and findings on the topic. Any help and comments will be appreciated.
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