Teacher Development in Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching

Description

This book explores language teacher development in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) environments and discusses approaches, tasks and resources that can guide language teachers to develop their skills and strategies for technology-enhanced language teaching (TELT). It looks at key aspects of CALL in terms of pedagogy and technology and proposes a model of CALL teacher development, which incorporates essential elements of teacher learning in CALL. Further, the author presents practical tasks and tips on how to develop knowledge and skills for the use of digital technologies in language teaching and suggests ideas to improve language teacher training and development. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Technology and Language Teacher Education (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 3-28 Teachers’ Roles in the CALL Classroom (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 29-40 Teachers’ Competencies in CALL (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 41-55 CALL Teacher Development (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 57-69 Front Matter ....Pages 71-72 Role-Based Approach (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 73-88 Language Skill-Based Approach (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 89-107 Tool-Based Approach (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 109-132 Activity-Based Approach (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 133-156 Front Matter ....Pages 157-157 Some Scenarios for Teacher Development (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 159-168 A Bibliography of CALL: Teachers (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 169-183 Teacher Development Resources (Jeong-Bae Son)....Pages 185-201 Back Matter ....Pages 203-233