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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
©Edith Paillat ALIN201 (2007)
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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©Edith Paillat ALIN201 (2007)
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