Teacher Education in CALL
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Chapter 19.
Training Ourselves
to Train Our Students for CALL
Marinna Kolaitis, Mary Ann Mahoney, and Howard Pomann, Union County College, USA, and Philip Hubbard, Stanford University, USA
Abstract
Language instructors and their students are increasingly faced with the
challenge of using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) software
effectively. This chapter reports on a college-funded project, consisting of a
nine-member team who worked collaboratively to develop strategy-based materials
modeled on learner training principles linking software activities to learner
goals. The article specifically focuses on the process the team
members underwent in training themselves to understand the connections between
software and the learning objectives and how they created support materials to
train students in selecting conscious-learning strategies for specific CALL
software. This project, conducted at the Institute for Intensive English, Union
County College, New Jersey, provides valuable insights for other language
programs to enhance both teachers’ and students’ ability to use technology in
language classrooms.
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Updated September 12, 2006