CALL in Teachers Training Program

Neny Isharyanti

GloCALL 2007

Outline

Background

• Pilot research• On-going, action research• Comments and suggestions welcome!• Perspectives of pre-service student teachers

with more on them being a student

Research Questions

• What are student teachers’ expectations of CALL course?

• What did they think they learn?• What did they think important for being a

teacher?• What did they think not important for being

a teacher?• What topics do they want?

The course

• 14 weeks elective course in Fall semester 2007/2008

• Only junior/senior can take it

Subjects

• 26 students• Junior/senior• Have done or in the process of taking

Teaching Practicum• Familiar with computer usage esp.

microsoft production tools (intermediate users or above) and use Internet on daily basis

facilities

• In a computer lab, internet-enabled (30 workstations)

• Pentium IV, audio, video• Internet Connection using LAN (shared

with about 2000 other PCs)• No installation policy

Methodology

• Teacher decided on the topics (Volker, 2004, with adaptation)

• Students filled in pre- and post-course questionnaire

• Presented in Moodle Forum• Analysis on responses• Descriptive statistic

Results

• Expectations• What learnt?• What is important?• What is not important?• More topics?

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Course Expectation interests incomputercomputer to teachEnglishweb development

fulfillment ofrequired courseimprove grade

retake

easy class (no test)

friends enrolled

free internet, classconditioncomputer savvy

teacher

get a better job

fun

Course Expectations

• Computer savvy

“honestly, I’m a little bit ‘gaptek’…hehe...so I join this class ^_^” (Yustin)

• Interests in computer

“I enrolled this class because it has ‘computer’ in it. I always interested in computer, and want to learn and

know everything from a computer’” (Alfaliyan)

Course Expectations• Get a better job (teaching or others)

“well, over all, I came to this class because that I guess CALL is one of the useful elective I should select that will

be considered as my additional value when I apply for a job later on.” (Yulia)

• Computer to teach English

“I enroll this class to learn how to use new technologies, internet, to advance my teaching language skill. I am

interested since I often use computer and use internet to learn language. So, I hope someday I could be a person who have an internet web that full of language teaching

material.” (Yudea)

Course Expectations

• Web development

“I expect to get new informations about web developing so that I can create my own educated site. ” (Ianita)

Analysis: Course Expectations• Economic reasons

• Computer savvy get a better job• Knowledge on CALL-related teaching skills get a

better job

• Interest reason• Likes computer

• Social reasons• Friends• Teacher• Fun • “cool”

Analysis: Course Expectations

• Achievement reasons• Required course• Retaking for good grade• Easy class

• Other reasons• Class condition• “Free” internet access

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5

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9

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9

What is learnt?

what is call

mailing list lurking activity

lesson plan

production tools

web eval

new emerging technologies

assessment

web development

What is learnt?

• Production tools• Web development

Analysis: What is learnt?

• Focus more on (in reversed priority order):• practical topics:

• Production tools• Web development• Assessment

• Analytical topics• Mailing list lurking activity• Web evaluation• New emerging technologies

Analysis: What is learnt?

• Theoretical topics• What is CALL• Lesson plan

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6

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7 7

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14

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What is important?

what is call

mailing list lurking activity

lesson plan

production tools

web eval

new emerging

assessment

web development

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3

1

0

1

0 0

2

What is not important?

what is call

mailing list lurking activity

lesson plan

production tools

web eval

new emerging

assessment

web development

Analysis: Importancetopics important not important

assessment 14 n/a

lesson plan 10 1

web development 8 2

production tools 7 n/a

web evaluation 7 1

mailing list lurking activity 6 3

new emerging technologies 5 n/a

what is call 2 1

Analysis: Importance

• Consistent importance:• Assessment• Production tools• New emerging technologies

• Quite consistent:• Lesson plan (important)• Web evaluation (important)• What is CALL (not so important)

• Web development? Mixed feeling…• Interests? Coolness?

To sum up…

• A continuum of topics to learn• Practical analytical theoretical

• Importance?• Similar• Practical analytical theoretical

• Some interests of advancing• Web development• Flash files creation• M-learning• Computer games• Being a ‘hacker’!

Hmm…

• Student teachers tend to focus more on things that are applicable and tangible for their teaching

• What to teach?• Cases for including theoretical matters?

Questions/Suggestions?

• Please do….