Reading Prompt #10

*RICHARDSON Ch. 7. Fun with Flickr: Creating, Publishing, and Using Images Online
*BLACKBOARD - Kern, R. (2006). Perspectives on technology in learning and teaching languages. TESOL Quarterly, 40(1), 183-210.

After reading Richardson, what ideas do you have for using images and programs such as Flickr in the language learning classroom?

Kern gives a broad overview of issues in CALL, with specific examples from three areas and implications for teaching and research. Select and share your own thoughts and opinions on one or more issues that Kern raises.

Compleat Lexical Tutor

Here is the link to the Compleat Lexical Tutor, which contains some cool corpus tools we'll be playing with on Thursday.

http://www.lextutor.ca/

And while we won't have to time explore some others, here's a nice link list of a wide range of corpus tools on-line courtesy of Ohio State University:

http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~dickinso/corpus.html

Hope you all had a great Spring Break! Looking forward to seeing all of you in class!

Video Podcast Groups

Here are our Video Podcast Groups. Be sure you have the contact information for your group members as you'll need to work closely with other between now and the end of the semester

Group #1 - Jia & Fan-Yi

Group #2 - Chris, Josh, & Scott

Group #3 - James, Manal, & Haifa

Group #4 - Diana, Alison, & Suzanne

Group #5 - Xiaoling & Ling

Group #6 - Patti & Norma

Hugo - Please let me know if you'd like to join Group 1, 5, or 6

Reading Prompt #9

 BLACKBOARD - Barbierie, F. (2005). What is Corpus Linguistics?

Essential Teacher (Compleat Links).

 BLACKBOARD - Conrad, S. (2000). Will Corpus Linguistics

Revolutionize Grammar Teaching in the 21st Century? TESOL Quarterly, 34(3), 548-560.

What is Corpus Linguistics? And why are some language teachers so excited about it? What applications can you envision for your current or future classroom?

Reading Prompt #8

*Levy – Ch. 4 Computer Mediated Communication

*BLACKBOARD – Sauro, S. (2009). Computer-Mediated Corrective Feedback and the Development of L2 Grammar. Language Learning & Technology, 13(1), 96-120.

What are some of the technologies used for CMC? What are some of the promising features of CMC for language learning. Comment on any of your uses of these technologies, in particular if you have used any of them for language learning or practice purposes. Finally, comment on the findings of Dr. Sauro's research, and what the implications may be for future practice.

Bring Headphones to Class

Hey everyone, I recommend you bring some headphones to class tonight. We'll be working with audio files, and you may find it easier to listen to via your own headphones.

I recommend you start bringing them to class week for the rest of the semester as we'll begin work on our video podcasts soon as well.

Not required but highly recommended!

Reading Prompt #7 (for 3/4/10)

[NOTE: The numbering of the Reading Prompts got slightly off as I incorporated Prompt #5 into your Wiki project. Last week's prompt (2/25/10) should have been labeled Prompt #6. Thus, the prompt for this week, as indicated in course schedule, is Prompt #7. Sorry for the confusion!]

Reading Prompt #7

*LEVY – Ch. 7 Practice

*BLACKBOARD - Grgurović, M. & Hegelheimer, V. (2007). Help

Options and Multimedia Listening: Students' Use of Subtitles and the Transcript. Language Learning & Technology, 11(1), 45-66.

What did Grgurović & Hegelheimer find with regards to using subtitles and transcripts to help ESL students develop listening skills in English? What are some of the implications for instruction?

From your reading of Levy, comment on one or more of the issues related to the practice dimension of CALL what you would want to take into consideration for your own classroom.