Teacher Development in Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching

"A well-crafted book in which a strong base in theory and research informs a rich collection of practical options for those navigating the complex world of language teacher education for the 21st century."--Philip Hubbard, Stanford University, USA 'This book looks at educating teachers in the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) from a novel and interesting perspective. The contents are based on a thorough familiarity with research into teacher development for CALL, combined with interesting, down-to-earth tasks for practice in, and reflection on, the use of technology for language learning. The list of resources of various kinds is reason enough in itself for readers from a wide variety of backgrounds to buy the book, which should feature on a reading list for any training course for language teachers.'"--Scott Windeatt, Newcastle University, UK 'The author's experience is evident throughout and the practical tips, founded on relevant research, are invaluable to teachers regardless of how little or how much experience they have with technology in their teaching and learning contexts.' - Glenn Stockwell, Waseda University, Japan This book explores language teacher development in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) environments and discusses approaches, tasks and resources that can guide language teachers to develop their skills and strategies for technology-enhanced language teaching (TELT). It looks at key aspects of CALL in terms of pedagogy and technology and proposes a model of CALL teacher development, which incorporates essential elements of teacher learning in CALL. Further, the author presents practical tasks and tips on how to develop knowledge and skills for the use of digital technologies in language teaching and suggests ideas to improve language teacher training and development. Jeong-Bae Son is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics & TESOL at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. His areas of specialisation are computer-assisted language learning and language teacher education. He is the President of the Asia-Pacific Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (APACALL) and Editor of the APACALL Book Series.-- Provided by publisher Preface 5 Acknowledgements 7 Contents 8 Abbreviations 10 List of Figures 13 List of Tables 14 Introduction 15 Overview 15 Who Is This Book for? 15 Education, Training, Development and Learning 16 CALL and TELT 17 Theory, Research and Practice 17 How Is This Book Organised? 17 Part I 20 1: Technology and Language Teacher Education 21 1.1 Development of CALL 21 1.2 Research on Language Teacher Education in CALL 25 1.2.1 Content 26 1.2.2 Process 28 1.2.3 Effectiveness of Teacher Training 30 1.2.4 Transfer of Coursework to Classroom Practice 32 1.2.5 Factors Affecting Technology Integration 33 1.2.6 Continuing Professional Development 34 1.2.7 Future Directions 35 1.3 Summary 36 References 37 Further Reading 45 2: Teachers’ Roles in the CALL Classroom 47 2.1 Components of the CALL Classroom 47 2.2 Roles of Teachers 48 2.2.1 Teacher as CALL Observer 51 2.2.2 Teacher as CALL Designer 51 2.2.3 Teacher as CALL Implementer 52 2.2.4 Teacher as CALL Evaluator 54 2.2.5 Teacher as CALL Manager 54 2.2.6 Teacher as CALL Researcher 55 2.3 Summary 55 References 56 Further Reading 58 3: Teachers’ Competencies in CALL 59 3.1 CALL Competencies 59 3.2 Expertise in CALL 63 3.2.1 Novices and Experts 63 3.2.2 A Study of Expert Views 65 References 71 Further Reading 73 4: CALL Teacher Development 74 4.1 Approaches to Language Teacher Development 74 4.2 The ECCR Model 75 4.2.1 Exploration 76 4.2.2 Communication 77 4.2.3 Collaboration 78 4.2.4 Reflection 80 4.3 Summary 81 References 82 Further Reading 86 Part II 87 5: Role-Based Approach 89 5.1 Observer 89 5.2 Designer 91 5.3 Implementer 93 5.4 Evaluator 95 5.5 Manager 98 5.6 Researcher 100 References 104 6: Language Skill-Based Approach 105 6.1 Reading 105 6.2 Writing 107 6.3 Listening 109 6.4 Speaking 111 6.5 Pronunciation 112 6.6 Vocabulary 114 6.7 Grammar 116 6.8 Culture 117 References 122 7: Tool-Based Approach 124 7.1 Learning/Content Management Systems 125 7.2 Communication Tools 126 7.3 Live and Virtual Worlds 128 7.4 Social Networking and Bookmarking Tools 130 7.5 Blogs and Wikis 132 7.6 Presentation Tools 133 7.7 Resource Sharing Tools 135 7.8 Website Creation Tools 136 7.9 Web Exercise Creation Tools 138 7.10 Web Search Engines 139 7.11 Dictionaries and Concordancers 141 7.12 Utilities 143 References 146 8: Activity-Based Approach 148 8.1 Collaboration 149 8.2 Communication 150 8.3 Concordancing 151 8.4 Creation 153 8.5 Exploration 154 8.6 Games 155 8.7 Mapping 157 8.8 Presentation 158 8.9 Reflection 160 8.10 Simulation 161 8.11 Storytelling 162 8.12 Surveys 164 8.13 Tests 165 8.14 Tutorials 167 References 170 Part III 172 9: Some Scenarios for Teacher Development 173 9.1 Scenario 1 173 9.2 Scenario 2 174 9.3 Scenario 3 176 9.4 Scenario 4 179 10: A Bibliography of CALL: Teachers 183 11: Teacher Development Resources 198 11.1 Professional Organisations 198 11.1.1 CALL 198 11.1.2 Applied Linguistics & TESOL 199 11.2 Academic Journals 200 11.2.1 CALL 200 11.2.2 Applied Linguistics & TESOL 200 11.3 Websites 201 11.4 Mobile Apps 203 11.5 Example Apps for Learning English 203 11.6 Online Tools for Language Teaching (OTLT) 206 11.7 Online Activities for Language Learning (OALL) 211 Appendix 1 215 List of Tasks in Part II 215 Appendix 2 217 Appendix 3 220 Appendix 4 223 Appendix 5 230 Index 237 ‘A well-crafted book in which a strong base in theory and research informs a rich collection of practical options for those navigating the complex world of language teacher education for the 21st century.' - Philip Hubbard, Stanford University, USA ‘This book looks at educating teachers in the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) from a novel and interesting perspective. The contents are based on a thorough familiarity with research into teacher development for CALL, combined with interesting, down-to-earth tasks for practice in, and reflection on, the use of technology for language learning. The list of resources of various kinds is reason enough in itself for readers from a wide variety of backgrounds to buy the book, which should feature on a reading list for any training course for language teachers.'y - Scott Windeatt, Newcastle University, UK ‘The author's experience is evident throughout and the practical tips, founded on relevant research, are invaluable to teachers regardless of how little or how much experience they have with technology in their teaching and learning contexts.' - Glenn Stockwell, Waseda University, Japan This book explores language teacher development in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) environments and discusses approaches, tasks and resources that can guide language teachers to develop their skills and strategies for technology-enhanced language teaching (TELT). It looks at key aspects of CALL in terms of pedagogy and technology and proposes a model of CALL teacher development, which incorporates essential elements of teacher learning in CALL. Further, the author presents practical tasks and tips on how to develop knowledge and skills for the use of digital technologies in language teaching and suggests ideas to improve language teacher training and development. Jeong-Bae Son is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics & TESOL at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. His areas of specialisation are computer-assisted language learning and language teacher education. He is the President of the Asia-Pacific Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (APACALL) and Editor of the APACALL Book Series Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Technology and Language Teacher Education (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 3-28 Teachers’ Roles in the CALL Classroom (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 29-40 Teachers’ Competencies in CALL (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 41-55 CALL Teacher Development (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 57-69 Front Matter ....Pages 71-72 Role-Based Approach (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 73-88 Language Skill-Based Approach (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 89-107 Tool-Based Approach (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 109-132 Activity-Based Approach (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 133-156 Front Matter ....Pages 157-157 Some Scenarios for Teacher Development (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 159-168 A Bibliography of CALL: Teachers (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 169-183 Teacher Development Resources (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 185-201 Back Matter ....Pages 203-233