Teacher Education in CALL
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Chapter 7. When the Technology Course is Required
Volker Hegelheimer, Iowa State University, USA
Abstract
It is not unusual for computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and
technology courses to be offered in M.A. TESOL and foreign language M.A.
programs as electives, effectively treating the courses as add-ons rather than
integral parts of current teacher training even though technology is considered
to play a central role in language teaching today. The focus of this chapter is
to outline a novel approach at a Midwestern research university where a
technology course in an M.A. curriculum was designed to give technology an
appropriate degree of emphasis relative to the other courses. The rationale for
the course dealing with the use of computers in second language teaching is
described, the contents and the approach of the course and its relationship to
other graduate courses is outlined, and its impact on the students is presented.
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Egbert, J., Paulus,T., and Nakamichi, Y.,
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Updated September 12, 2006