A Discourse-Based Approach to CALL Training and Professional Development

Autor/inn/en	Williams, Lawrence; Abraham, Lee B.; Bostelmann, Evan D.
Titel	A Discourse-Based Approach to CALL Training and Professional Development
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 47 (2014) 4, S.614-629 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
DOI	10.1111/flan.12119
Schlagwörter	Discourse Analysis; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Mediated Communication; Classification; National Surveys; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Language Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; French; German; Spanish; Faculty Development; Focus Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Diskursanalyse; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Computerkonferenz; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Französisch; Deutscher; Spanisch
Abstract	Phase 1 of this study explores findings from a nationwide survey on computer-assisted language learning (CALL) that was completed by 409 in-service teachers of French, German, and Spanish. These results, in turn, informed specific themes that were explored in greater detail during focus group sessions with 22 in-service K--2 foreign language teachers (Phase 2). The main theme that emerged from the survey and the focus groups was the perceived need (expressed by in-service teachers) for future teachers to learn how to think about, analyze, and integrate new technologies into a foreign language curriculum without having to depend on tool-specific training since prospective teachers will use a number of new technologies--many of which have not yet been developed--throughout their career. Consequently, Phase 3 of this study examines a new component of a foreign language pedagogy course in which 18 prospective teachers studied and applied a faceted classification scheme for analyzing and understanding computer-mediated discourse as a tool-independent approach to CALL training. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10