CALL – computer assisted language learning A short course delivered by Dr. Klaus Schwienhorst. MITE January 2002

CALL – computer assisted language learning The Tower of Babel The seven language group that spoke English to a German! English and the Internet ICT and communication in many languages

CALL – computer assisted language learning CALL computer-mediated communication, allowing learners to communicate and collaborate with target language culture and its speakers while accessing authentic materials Data Driven Learning - DDL can cut out the middleman... to give the learner direct access to the data, the underlying assumption being that effective language learning is a form of linguistic research

CALL – computer assisted language learning is one innovative approach to language learning ‘situates the learner next to a corpus of authentic material with a search engine and a task’ diverges from our common experience of language learning

CALL – computer assisted language learning ICT and Language Learning - three generations  behaviourism  communicative (multi-media) approaches  a renewed focus on form and learner autonomy

CALL – computer assisted language learning Authentic material has a purpose in its own language can be print, radio, TV, Internet... exploits o world knowledge o discourse knowledge o linguistic knowledge is available in on-line electronic corpora problems of register and standards

CALL – computer assisted language learning

Internet resources search engines language resource collections tutorials, exercises, dictionaries  are up-to-date,vast, convenient

CALL – computer assisted language learning Machine Translation offers grammatically acceptable translations of straightforward formal (e.g. business) text but.. rock ‘n roll = roulement de n de roche ‘; ripping yarn = filé de déchirure = thread of tear

CALL – computer assisted language learning Concordancers and DDL use corpora (large 600,000+ word electronic texts) and a search tool (concordancer) to generate concordances KWIC (keyword in context) lists a keyword centred in a fixed length field (80 characters?) using strategies of perceiving similarities and difference, of hypothesis formation and testing

CALL – computer assisted language learning Some searches homophones - whether/weather prepositions ‘the horse fell on me’; ‘typical of the animal!’ stylistic analysis – use of colour in a novel

CALL – computer assisted language learning Research claims that learners assume control are encouraged to ask questions about language take on the role of researchers rate concordancers higher than other materials for vocabulary acquisition

CALL – computer assisted language learning MOOs text based synchronous communication environments language is uncorrected uses the written medium to increase language and linguistic awareness offers a variety of communication scenarios, some user defined (rooms or a ‘bot’)

CALL – computer assisted language learning MOOsearch claims higher levels of topic initiation in target language, less by question reciprocal adaptation of styles of input students taking control of learning

CALL – computer assisted language learning Autonomy assumes a capacity for reflection in the learner reception always followed by interaction with authentic content and production  interaction - rewriting, change of focus, editing, letter writing...

CALL – computer assisted language learning

 on language and culture  on autonomy and adult learning  on styles of language learning

CALL – computer assisted language learning And our own (multilingual) experience of  reception and ... processing Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir agus go n–éirí an oíche libh