a
Activity 1: Pedagogical strategies enhancing FL teaching experience through
CALL. This small questionnaire aims at strengthening the knowledge of the
pedagogical perspectives to better the FL learning/teaching through CALL. This
activity addresses the objective one.
01.
Globalization,
a flow of discourse around the world, requires keeping the lineal learning of
languages even with CALL programs (True or False)
02.
Communicative
pedagogies help maximize the language learning and teaching through the
technology (True or False)
03.
Shyest
students are like not motivated to participate when using electronic programs
to learn language (True or False)
04.
Affective
and social strategies are the only pedagogical approaches that are developed
when using CALL to teach FL (True or False)
05.
What are
the three pedagogical approaches that teachers should bring together when using
CALL to teach FL? (Underline the correct answers):
Material-based,
student centered- based, task-based, lineal learning-based, content-based, technology-based,
audio-lingual.
b
Activity 2: Technological Needs Enhancing FL Teaching or Learning via CALL.
This activity consists of a main question where the reader must prioritize
his/her technology needs and provide a rationale for the choice made. The
purpose of this activity is to learn and justify at least three key factors
that are important for a better experience in FL learning and teaching through
technology. This activity addresses the objective two
Prompt: What component would you consider as technologically important to
ensure a good experience of teaching and learning FL. Choose among the
following list and provide a rationale of your choice.
List:
-
Technology
literacy training (teacher as a technological guru);
-
Involvement
of teaching stall in decisions about technology;
-
Integration
of technology in the syllabus;
-
Appropriateness
of hardware and software;
-
Easy
access to technology;
-
Technological
support to teachers from the (school) administration;
-
Personalization
of technology;
c
Activity 3: Global world and FL through CALL questions. This is a series of
questions related to the third goal. The aim of this activity is for the reader
to be able to give a reason of the necessity of using CALL to teach or learn FL
in a global word. This activity addresses the objective three.
Questions:
01.
Why
should a FL teacher focus on the interdisciplinary connection, communications,
and cultures while using CALL today?
02.
Evaluate
the importance of “comparisons” as one of the 21st century condition
in teaching or learning FL through CALL.
03.
Why
should technological FL learners participate in multilingual communities?
04.
How can
you explain the following equation in relation to learning/teaching FL by the
mean of CALL programs: multiliteracy =
multiculturalism + multimedia.
