Technology Enhanced Language Teaching and Learning
When
Nov 12, 2009 9:00 am (Thursday)
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Brunei Gallery SOAS (map)
Thornhaugh Street Russell Square
London, WSM WC1H 0XG
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About the EventRegistration and FeesLocationAbout the EventThe Languages of the Wider World CETL at SOAS-UCL and the CETL in Work-Based Learning for Education Professionals at the I...
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The Languages of the Wider World CETL at SOAS-UCL and the CETL in Work-Based Learning for Education Professionals at the Institute of Education are co-hosting a one-day event on technology-enhanced language learning and teaching. This event will bring together teaching professionals, researchers, learning technologists, language learners and others to engage in discussions through presentations and workshops. The focus will be on the following themes in language pedagogy: computer mediated communication; Web 2.0 technologies; mobile learning; and intercultural exchange. It is hoped that the discussions will widen to cover areas outside of the main themes.Keynote Speakers
- Professor Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London)
The Future of Languages read abstract - Dr Jean Conacher (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Using Technologies in Language Learning, Teaching and Research: Challenges and Opportunities for the Language Profession read abstract - Professor Graham Davies (Emeritus Professor, Thames Valley University)
Language Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds read abstract - Dr Norbert Pachler (CETL in Work-Based Learning for Education Professionals, Institute of Education, London)
Some Theoretical Considerations about Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching and Learning read abstract
- Language learning and the mobile learner - Professor Agnes Kukulska-Hulme (The Open University, UK) read abstract
- Socially-Networked Cross-Cultural Language Programmes - Dr Libor Stepanek, Janice De Haaff and David Schiller (details to follow)
- Web 2.0 Tools for Language Teachers - Nick Peachey (freelance educational consultant) read abstract
- Virtual Learning Environments for distance language courses - Dr Ursula Stickler (The Open University, UK) read abstract
- Cutting the mustard: âfree on-line machine translationâ and FL teaching and learning: double-edged sword or the sword of Damocles? - Anna Niño (The University of Manchester, UK) read abstract
- Blogging and Podcasting in Language Learning and Teaching - Sibylle Nalezinski and Fotis Begklis (LWW-CETL, UK) read abstract
£32 (standard rate) or £16 (student rate). If you attend both this event and the âUsing Drama in Language Learningâ event, there is a discounted combined fee of £56 (standard rate) or £28 (student rate). Register early to avoid disappointment: registration deadline is 12:00 on 6th November 2009!
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Today's event is taking place at the Vernon Square Campus (not far from King's Cross railway station. The address is: Vernon Square, Penton Rise, LONDON, WC1X 9EW.Useful Documents
The following will be posted soon: programmeAbstractsThe Future of Languages
Professor Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London)
To speak of the future implies change and hence a social view of language (â" on the assumption that human brains donât change fast enough for us or anyone to notice). I will start with a sketchy bit of history of (the English) language, namely that of the sentence. I will attempt to link that â" very loosely - to social changes, without any attempt at a serious history. I will then focus on some current conditions and trends â" social, political, cultural, representational, technological - and speculate about their likely effects on language. Given the modest claim implicit in the title, this can be no more than suggestive and perhaps just a little provocative: and if so, that may just be enough.Using Technologies in Language Learning, Teaching and Research:
Challenges and Opportunities for the Language Profession
Dr Jean Conacher (Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland)
Since the advent of the World Wide Web twenty years ago, and the seemingly exponential growth of communication possibilities afforded by the Internet, teachers and researchers have continued to explore the opportunities technologies offer learners of both more and less commonly taught languages inside and outside the classroom.
Advances in the application of technologies in language learning and teaching necessarily involve, in the early phases at least, a challenging process of trial and error, as teachers seek to incorporate new technologies into their students' already complex language-learning lives; successful experiments often lead to enthusiastic proposals for the broader adoption of individual technological tools across student groups and institutions. Such developments provide both challenges and opportunities for the language profession; this paper explores the need for greater rigour to be exercised by decision-makers in managing change throughout this process and argues in particular for more research to be carried out into the pedagogical value of such innovations for both language learners and teachers.
New technologies promise much in terms of key educational principles such as diversity, flexibility, accessibility and equality, but the extent to which they can deliver on such principles depends primarily on how they are employed. Exploring a range of examples, this paper seeks to look beyond individual technologies to the pedagogical framework which underpins their successful application within a range of language-learning environments.Language Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds
Professor Graham Davies (Emeritus Professor, Thames Valley University)
This presentation aims to give an overview of the ways in which virtual worlds, especially Second Life, are currently being used in language teaching and learning. The virtual world of Second Life was established in 2003 and gradually began to attract interest from educators in general and then language teachers in particular. In 2007 the first virtual world conference on language teaching and learning took place, and since then it has become an annual event. There are now a growing number of projects and simulations devoted to language teaching and learning in Second Life, examples of which will be referred to in this presentation.
The presentation will include a live tour of Second Life, focusing on simulations that have been set up especially for language learning and teaching, beginning with the work currently being undertaken by the joint EUROCALL/CALICO Virtual Worlds Special Interest Group (VW SIG), which was set up earlier this year and now maintains a headquarters and resources centre on EduNation III Island. It is planned to include contributions at a distance from practitioners and researchers who are active in this sphere of language teaching and learningSome Theoretical Considerations about Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching and Learning
Dr Norbert Pachler (CETL in Work-Based Learning for Education Professionals, Institute of Education, London)
This talk will explore the theoretical underpinnings of f2f and mixed-mode technology-enhanced language learning with reference to general learning theory and it will examine perspectives on language and culture and their pedagogical implications for the use of technology. In addition a brief overview of the socio-cultural ecological model of mobile learning developed by the London Mobile Learning Group at the WLE Centre as a conceptual model for analysing the use of mobile devices in teaching and learning.Language Learning and the Mobile Learner
Professor Agnes Kukulska-Hulme (The Open University, UK)
This workshop will explore and critique the pedagogical and social aspects of using mobile technologies in teaching and learning. We will begin with a brief overview of the field of âmobile learningâ, highlighting aspects that make learning with mobile phones and other portable devices significantly different from other forms of learning. Mobile learners will be characterized; they can include classroom-based learners as well as those who move around, commute or travel. We will then review examples of how mobile devices have been used in language learning to date, and prospects for the future. Although mobile learning is becoming increasingly popular across the globe, it is often local cultural, social and economic factors that influence what is possible, desirable and acceptable. The workshop will include an opportunity to design some language learning activities by thinking together about target learners, educational goals, and the support structures that need to be in place. Methods of evaluating or assessing what learners have experienced and learnt will also be considered.Web 2.0 Tools for Language Teachers
Nick Peachey (freelance educational consultant)
During this session we will be examining a number of free web based tools suitable for helping students with language development.
We will look at some sample materials, evaluate them and look at how they were created. The emphasis though will be on how we can use these tools to create motivating activities for our students to do both inside and outside of class. All participants will also receive a digital booklet with notes , instructions and examples.Virtual Learning Environments for Distance Language Courses
Dr Ursula Stickler (The Open University, UK)
VLEs can be used in various ways to enhance the language learning experience of distance learners. Based on four practical examples of different Moodle workspaces the workshop will give a brief introduction into structures, tools, and tasks suitable for the learning of languages in an independent and supported mode.
Participants will have a chance to see examples of tasks and work on the adaptation of a face-to-face language task for the use in online environments. Best practice for a number of different tools will be discussed in the group.Cutting the Mustard: âFree On-Line Machine Translationâ and FL Teaching and Learning: Double-Edged Sword or the Sword of Damocles
Anna Niño (The University of Manchester, UK)
FOMT is widely available as an online language tool able to translate entire websites via main search engines such as Google/Yahoo or phrases via various websites such as Babel Fish, Reverso or Systran. The readily availability of an immediate translation into and from any language can in principle create a false illusion for people unaware of the intricacies of foreign language learning. As language tutors we know that neither FOMT nor MT is going to spell the end of FL teaching and learning. However, we may be interested in getting to know the nuts and bolts of this emerging technology, its background, its types, main uses and, more importantly, its output and the kind of errors it conveys. Only then will we be able to judge for ourselves.
This workshop provides an overview of previous investigations of the use of MT and FOMT in FL instruction, outlines its main implications for foreign language teaching and learning, presents some perceptions from language tutors and students about this controversial issue together with some practical examples of its use. In particular we will focus on FOMT output and its use for communicative purposes and vocational training via FL comprehension and production with a view to discuss its strengths and weaknesses as an online language tool. For this purpose we will explore and experiment with different variables, i.e. various FOMT sites, source languages and text types and their direct impact on its output.Blogging and Podcasting in Language Learning and Teaching
Sibylle Nalezinski and Fotis Begklis (LWW-CETL, UK)
Web 2.0 tools such as Blogs and Podcasts can provide language teachers with an excellent way of offering innovative approaches to language teaching and learning, and of encouraging learners to collaborate and work together. This workshop will look at some of the key principles behind blogs and podcasts and allow you to consider how they might work in the context of your own teaching.
In this workshop participants will gain an understanding of the technologies behind these tools but also their application to learning and teaching. The workshop will be interactive and include some hands-on work with the tools presented.
Organiser: Languages of the Wider World CETL (SOAS-UCL) & Work-Based Learning for Education Professionals (IoE)
Contact email: lww-cetl.ac.uk
Contact Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4518 or +44 (0)20 7898 4517
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