the perceptions of english language teaching students on elt websites assist. prof. dr. hasan bedir/...
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THE PERCEPTİONS OF ENGLİSH LANGUAGE TEACHİNG STUDENTS ON ELT WEBSİTES
Assist. Prof. Dr. Hasan Bedir/ Cukurova University
Inst Emsal Ates Ozdemir/Mersin University TURKIYE
The Study
• Introduction• Definition of some terms• Purpose of the study• Methodology- Participants & Context
Procedure Data Collection Data Analysis
• Results & Discussion
A brief history of C.A.L.L.Computer Assisted Language Learning
(Warschauer, 2004)
Theoretical Background
• C.A.L.L. (Computer Assisted Language Learning) is in use since 1960 and in the eyes of many educational technology specialists, from that of tutor to that of tool (Warschauer, 2002). CALL is based on various teaching and learning theories depending on the era and its role.
• Internet is one of the most recent tools of CALL which is in use of SLA in last couple of years. It is based on “Integrative CALL” phase and socio-cognitive view.
What does “Integrative Call’’ bring new?
It is based on Sociocognitive approaches;
With sociocognitive approaches to CALL we move from learners interaction with computers to interaction with other humans via the computer (Kern & Warschauer, 2000)
What does “integrative call” bring new?• Use of multimedia and Internet
moving from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0
Excerpted from O’Reilly (2007)
Web 1.0 Web 2.0Ofoto Flickrmp3.com NapsterBritannica Online Wikipedia personal Web sites blogging publishing participation content management systems wikisdirectories (taxonomy) tagging (“folksonomy”)
Internet and the World Wide Web?
Are they synonymous terms ?
No....
Internet is a computer network connecting millions of computers all over the world.
The web is a subset of the internet and dates back to 1993s, however, Internet dates back to 1960s
Internet & ELT
Internet provides various materials that meet different student abilities.
Lee (2000): Internet-based activities are important in keeping the students interested and engaged in the current topic or activity. He suggests four kinds of activities to be used for this aim:
conversation, retrieval of information and publication
Felix (2002): The recent research based on constructivist learning approaches strongly suggest that the Internet and the Web have the potential to add something even to the best classroom teaching.
Advantages of Internet in ELT Macmanus (2005) lists these as; 5 Cs ( communication, culture, connection,
comparisons, community building)
Motivational power
Resource-based learning
Control over learning
Interactivity
Publication
Updatability
Purpose of this study; To raise awareness of prospective English
language teachers on the theoretical and the practical uses of the internet in language learning and teaching.
Research questions: 1. What qualities do the ELT students look for in an
ELT website? 2. What makes an ELT website insufficient for
them? 3. What are their views on the use of ELT websites
in the future?
Methodology
Participants & Context: 80 English language teaching department students. (preparatory class students)
They place at the B2-C1 level according to the CEFR (Common European Framework for Languages)
24 hours a week (writing, speaking, listening, vocabulary, academic study skills, grammar and reading)
Procedure: The assignment sheet (3 among 13 websites)
Why did you choose this website? Who is it for?
What are the good points of the website?
What are the bad points of the website?
How can an English teacher make use of this website?
Data collection: The assignment sheets were collected.
Interviews to clarify the vague points
Data analysis: Quantitative and Qualitative analysis
(spss for the frequency of prefferred websites)
(content analysis for the answers to the open ended questions)
Results
The students’ preferences of specific websites
The reason why they chose a specific website
The outlook of the website
‘ It appealed to me with its good graphics and multimedia files’
The name of the website The audience of the website The variety of authentic materials
(esp.listening)
‘I chose this website because there are lots of listening activities. I thought that it will help me improve my listening, so I will speak more effectively.’
Getting immediate feedback
To use as a reference source
To share ideas with other people
The bad features of a website for students
Not updated regularly Unknown author Too many ads No bilingual quizzes No texts for the listening
materials Navigation is slow Pay charge for using the
website
The good features of a website
Testing the English level of the users
Friends from different cultures (forums, chats on the website) communicating with the
native speakers
Linder (2004) ‘ five basic possibilities of the networking English classroom’
Real time communication with other network users (using the internet as a telephone or video conferencing device, Chat)
Deferred-time communication with other network users (email, mailing lists, newsgroups, and others)
Source of information ( text, images, voice and sound, especially on the World Wide Web)
Outlet for publication (text, images, voice and sound, especially on the World Wide Web)
Distance teaching/ learning
The ideas of the students on the use of ELT websites as pre-service English language teachers
To use as authentic materials (listening)
To update their knowledge (professional development)
To communicate
Implications and suggestions
English language teachers should be good guides for students to access ELT websites which are suitable for their needs.
They should catch up with the developments in the education world
Assist. Prof. Dr. Hasan Bedir/ Cukurova University [email protected]
Inst Emsal Ates Ozdemir/Mersin [email protected]
TURKİYE
Thank you...