Being a Language Technology Specialist

Keep one in the cupboard!

• Areas of expertise• New Learning Styles• What technology? Good and bad• Considerations for good usage• Multimedia – the Magic Wand?

Contents

Areas of work of a CALL Expert

CALL Expertise Technical Expertise

Language Acquisition Principles

Language

expertise

Teaching principles

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AREAS of EXPERTISE

Culture

Other languages?

Literature

Applied Linguistics

Course design Assessment

Learning adviser

Language Expertise

Teaching Expertise

Technical Expertise

Pedagogical Principles

CALL trainingAuthoring

Language

Academic Research

Software Evaluation

CALL Expertise Network architecture

Student /Staff hardware

Security

Lab Troubleshooting

Helpdesk

Maintenance

Language labs requirements

History

Lab support

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Reading

Grammar

Listening

Speaking

Behaviorism Cognitivism

ConstructivismLanguage Expertise

Learning Theories

Technical Expertise

Distance learning

AuthoringCulture

Socio-constructivist

Blended learning

CALL ExpertiseSoftware licences

Lab Ergonomics

Security

Editing software

Learning Management systems

Folder organisation

ReadingLab set up

Intructivism

Vocabulary Synchronous

Asynchronous

Mix & Match

Web Design

©Edith Paillat ALIN201 (2007) Connectivism

Oblinger D. (2005) Educating the Net Generation 6 of 21

Oblinger D. (2005) From a Different Perspective, Syllabus

What technology out there?Hardware

• Xx

Software• Xx

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Hardware• PCs/ Macs

• Smartphones

• Tablets

• Mp3 players

• Storage

• Headsets

• Data Projector

• Smartboards

Software• Graphic Animation• Exercise generators• Audio Video Editors• The cloud• Web 2.0 tools• “Office” software• Commercial software • Players • Virtual environments• MMORPGs

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What technology out there?

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

• Bad and Ugly• …

• Good• …

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The Good, the Bad and the UglyGood

• Variety of tools for all learning styles

• Access to resources• Immediacy of

Feedback• More varied activities

(Communication + gaming)

• Varied pace of work • Stretch computer

skills • Meet students’

expectations?

Bad and Ugly• Web: too many

resources / sources• Not always accurate

or reliable (Wikipedia)

• Computer skills versus language skills? Both?

• Hard to work independently

• Faulty equipment©Edith Paillat ALIN201 (2007)

Take ownership of :• the log-on procedure (if any)

• the path to resources

• the material to be used (quality?)

• the instructions to give (orchestrate!)

• the software to use

• the hardware to use

• where students can save their files

• How you can access these files

• who to contact for support

• ALWAYS Have a plan B

Multimedia: the magic wand• Think of possible ways to create material and

tasks with the following: what tools?

•Text + audio •Text + image •Text + text

•Audio + audio •Audio + image •Audio + Text

•Image + audio • Image + text •Movie + text