Can Technology Improve

Language Proficiency?

WILLY A RENANDYA
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Webinar jointly organized by TEFLIN & British Council, 16 May 2020
 Quiz
Can Technology A. YES
Improve L2
Proficiency? B. NO

C. MAYBE
O U T L I N E : TECHNOLOGY & PEDAGOGY

O K AY GOOD BEST

MINIMAL GENERAL L2 LEARNING

THEORY THEORY THEORY
 Simple Replacement

PowerPoint with Hyperlinks

Web-based Tasks
POSSIBLE REASONS

New user

No time/choice

Fixed Mindset
A. YES
Can Technology
B. NO
Improve L2
C. MAYBE Proficiency?
STUDENT- PERSONALI
CENTRIC -ZATION

MOTIVATION
TIMELY
ENGAGE-
FEEDBACK
MENT
COOPERA-
AUTHENTIC
TIVE
LEARNING
LEARNING

FLIPPED BITE-SIZED
LEARNING LEARNING
TO IMPROVE EDUCATION
– FOCUS ON PEDAGOGY
NOT TECHNOLOGY
 WILLY SAYS
TO IMPROVE EDUCATION
– FOCUS ON PEDAGOGY
AND TECHNOLOGY
A. YES Can Technology
B. NO Improve L2
Proficiency?
C. MAYBE
Language Language
Nutrition Processing

Language
Use
LANGUAGE NUTRITION
 “Many … estimate that they
LANGUAGE have learned 70% to 85% of
NUTRITION their English by going online or
watching satellite TV”.

Dressman, Lee, & Sabaoui, 2016, p 71

Language Compelling & Comprehensible
Processing

Noticing (stop and think)

Again and Again

 LANGUAGE
PROCESSING
 • People Learn to read by reading
• People learn to speak by speaking
LANGUAGE • People learn to … by …
USE • People learn to … by …
 • FLUENCY
• ACCURACY
LANGUAGE
• COMPLEXITY
USE
A. YES
Can Technology
B. NO Improve L2
C. MAYBE Proficiency?
SUMMARY
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