CALLing All Foreign Language Teachers: Computer-Assisted Language Learning in the Classroom

This book is a comprehensive guide to help foreign language teachers use technology in their classrooms. It offers the best ways to integrate technology into your teaching for student-centered learning. CALL activities include email, building a… (More)

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Introduction: CALLing All Foreign Language Teachers
What Standards?
What Is Technology Integration?
Is Mediated Learning for Me?
Changing Instructional Strategies?
What Can We Glean From Second Language Acquisition Research?
Making Key Linguistic Characteristics Salient
Offering Modifications of Linguistic Input
Providing Opportunities for Comprehensible Output
Providing Opportunities to Notice Errors
Providing Opportunities for Linguistic Output
Supporting Modified Interaction in the Target Language
Acting as a Participant in Second Language Tasks
How Can Information From Technology Research Inform Us?
Electronic Literacy—Do I Need It?
References
Historical Developments of CALL
The Impact of Technology on Classroom Practices
Authentic Materials in Foreign Language Classrooms
Cooperative Learning in Foreign Language Classrooms
Student-Centered Learning
Learner Autonomy and Motivation
Risks and Rewards of CALL
Challenges of Technology Use in Foreign Language Classrooms
Best Practices for Using Technology in Foreign Language Classrooms
Know Your Students
Choosing Materials
Students Working With Technology
Language Use
Technologies on the Horizon and Their Potential Impact
Mobile Learning: Cell Phones, PDAs, and iPods
Podcasts
Podcasts and Interactivity
Pros and Cons of Podcasting
Blogs
Blogs and Writing
Blogs and Reading
Blog Activities
Wikis
Simulation Gaming
Conclusion
APPENDIX A WEB SITES FOR CREATING GAMES1
APPENDIX B
Starting the Game: CALL Activities for Your Classroom
Enjoy Word Processing With Your Students
Activity 1: Reading Discussion: Describing Story Sequences and Events
Activity 2: Reading Discussion: Presenting Main and Secondary Ideas
Activity 3: Writing With the Teacher
Activity 4: Getting Ready to Write
Activity 5: Writing Together
Activity 6: Did You Find the Error?
Enjoy E-Mail With Your Students!
Activity 1: Student–Teacher Dialogue Journal
Activity 2: Reflective Journal by E-Mail
Activity 3: Word-of-the-Day Newsletter
Activity 4: Electronic Postcard Exchange
Activity 5: E-Mail Chain Story
Enjoy Yahoo! GeoCities Web Site Builder With Your Students
Activity 1: Part I: Searching for Information
Activity 2: Web Site Swap
Activity 3: My Own Space
Activity 4: The Textbook Online — Revision Work
Activity 5: Creating a Big Book
Search Engines in Languages Other Than English
Presentation Software: Language Learning and Fun with PowerPoint
PowerPoint in the Foreign Language Classroom
Tricks and Traps
Reflections
Activity 1: E-Flash Cards
Activity 2: The Classroom
Activity 3: Jeopardy!
Activity 4: Language Portfolio
Activity 5: Culture
Desktop Publishing
Publisher in the Foreign Language Classroom
Getting Started: Using Templates
Writing and Editing Text
Extension I—Inserting Images
Extension II—Moving Pictures Around
Activity 1: Let’s Visit Places: Any Language
Activity 2: Celebrate With Your Pen Pal
Activity 3: Say Thank You!
Creating Sound Files
Sound Recording in the Foreign Language Classroom
Create a Voice Recording
Edit Your Voice Recording
Mixing Your Voice With Music
Final Touches
Activity 1: Where Am I?
Activity 2: Fill-in-the-Blank Song
Activity 3: Self-Introductions
Variation: Who Am I?
Extension: Voice E-Mail Exchange
Activity 4: The Foreign Language Morning Show
Activity 5: My (Audio) Learning Portfolio
Video Streaming: iMovie and Movie Maker
iMovie and Movie Maker in the Foreign Language Classroom
Part I: Using iMovie
Part II: Using Movie Maker
Activity 2: My Dream Vacation
Activity 3: The News From Our School
Activity 4: Nice to Meet You
Activity 5: Ordering a Meal
Activity 6: Introducing Your School
Listservs: Joining Communities
Listservs in the Foreign Language Classroom
Creating a Listserv
Activity 1: Complete a Poem
Activity 2: Join a discussion of French culture in the United States
Activity 3: Proverbs
Activity 4: Riddles
Activity 5: Interview Native Speakers
Internet Chat: Yahoo! Messenger and Chat
Chat and Instant Messaging in the Foreign Language Classroom
Learn to Use Yahoo! Messenger
Activity 1: Reading Chat
Activity 2: Messenger-Pair Study
Activity 3: Role Play
Activity 4: Explore and Report!
Activity 5: Chat Room Interview of Special Guest
New Audio: Voice Over Internet Protocol Services
About Voice Over Internet Protocol Services
Communicating With Audio
Communicating With Chat and Sharing Files
Activity 1: Pair-Up
Activity 2: Let’s Do a Project Together
Activity 3: Online Pen Pals
Activity 4: Let’s Do Video Conferencing
Activity 5: Homework Is Fun
Activity 6: Conduct Conversation Lessons Using Skype
Activity 7: Online Foreign Language Video
About Nicenet
Welcome to the “CALLing All Foreign Language Teachers” Nicenet Class
Let’s Create Your Own Class! Option A
Let’s Create Your Own Class! Option B
Create and Post a Document on Nicenet
Now Try This
Administrate Your Class!
In Conclusion
Activity: Comparing Cultures
About WebQuests
WebQuest Principles
Activity 1: Design a Menu for Your Foreign Language Class
Activity 2: Recipes From Around the World
Activity 3: Literature of a Specific Country
Activity 4: Radio Talk Show
Activity 5: Plan a Trip to a Specific Country
Exercise Builder: Using Hot Potatoes
Using Electronic Exercise Builders
Activity 1: Mixed-Up Sentences
Activity 2: City Matching
Activity 3: Matching Two Languages
Activity 4: Grammar
Activity 5: Crossword
Electronic Portfolios
About E-Portfolios in the Foreign Language Classroom
Activity 1: Creating an E-Portfolio of Students’ Personal Lives
Activity 4: Sharing E-Portfolios With Other Students
Electronic Surveys: Inquiring With Authentic Language
Electronic Surveys in the Foreign Language Classroom
Activity 1: The Weather
Activity 2: Learning a Foreign Language— A Teacher-Created Survey
Activity 3: Holidays and Celebrations
Activity 4: School Favorites
Activity 5: Test Your Knowledge
Activity 6: The Most Popular
Activity 7: Feedback on the Class
Activity 8: First Steps in Asking Questions
Activity 1: The Ten Commandments
Procedure
Variations
Activity 2: Catch a Word Bingo
Activity 3: If I Was a Millionaire
Activity 4: What I Know, What I Don’t Know, What I’d Like to Know
Activity 5: Find Me
Activity 6: Chinese Whispers
Activity 7: Aliens
Activity 8: Discover a Story
Activity 9: A Day in the Life Of…
Variation
Activity 10: Back-to-Front Fortune Telling
Activity 11: Jeopardy!
Activity 12: Adapting Teacher Talk
Activity 13: Putting It Back Together
Activity 14: Flow-On Creationism
Activity 15: Pick and Search
Activity 16: Who’s Who
Activity 17: Wonderword Maze
Activity 18: Debate
Activity 19: Building Blocks
Activity 20: “Guess What” Free-for-All
Activity 21: When Can I Butt In?
Activity 22: Interrogation
Activity 23: Lesson Comics
Activity 24: You, Too, Can Teach in 10 Easy Steps
Activity 25: That’s Entertainment
Activity 26: Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
Activity 27: What Does It Mean?
Activity 28: In the Know
Activity 29: A Wrinkle in Time
Activity 30: Discovery Questioning
Activity 31: A Wrinkle in Time II
Activity 32: WebQuesting
Gateway Sites
Specialized Web Sites
German
French
Japanese
Latin
Russian
Spanish
Online Activities
Online Applications: Tools for Teachers and Students

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