Module Code - Title:
LI6002
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ICT AND LANGUAGE STUDIES
Year Last Offered:
2023/4
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
LI5931
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module aims:
(i) to give students a sound theoretical foundation on the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in language studies;
(ii) to provide students with practical experience of using ICT in language studies;
(iii) to guide students in the use of ICT as a resource for research and teaching;
(iv) to offer a multilingual teaching framework, with lectures in English and tutorials in both English and French.
Syllabus:
The module will give a grounding in language learning and ICT. It will cover a number of applications of ICT for language learning, including: Virtual learning Environments, shared workspaces, sourcing, creating, and evaluating on-line resources (covering, for example, blogs, wikis); using internet communications and gaming technologies for language learning (e.g. email, chat); corpus linguistics, corpora and concordancing. The technologies covered in the module will inevitably evolve in line with new applications of ICT for language learning.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Demonstrate close familiarity with the main issues involved in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and ICT.
Effectively evaluate dedicated and generic ICT programmes that may be used in SLA.
Apply evaluation methods in a foreign language learning classroom environment with language learners at all levels of competency e.g. from ab initio beginner to advanced practitioner and assess the impact on the learners acquisition.
Analyse the potential of Serious Games for language acquisition and teaching purposes.
Assess the changing learning styles of SLA practitioners as Digital Natives within Web 2.0 environments.
Conduct a contrastive analysis of an area of SLA and ICT that may be used in foreign language teaching.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate an appreciation of the need for intercultural awareness in their teaching situations in both online and face-to-face environments.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
The module will be taught through a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials and involve the use of a number of Web 2.0 tools and applications. Tutorials involve short student presentations as a way of starting discussion. These presentations are on agreed topics in which students are asked to consider the pedagogical implications and impact of ICT theoretical perspectives and actualisations.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
This module reflects a substantial proportion of Faculty current research areas and specialist knowledge in this domain.
Prime Texts:
Barbot M.-J. and T. Lancien (2003)
Médiation, Médiatisation et Apprentissages
, ENS Éditions, Lyon
Chambers, A, J. E Conacher, and J. Littlemore (2004)
ICT and Language Learning: Integrating Pedagogy and Practice
, University of Birmingham Press, Birmingham
Chappelle, C (2003)
English Language Learning and Technology
, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Co.
Pothier M (2003)
Multimédias, Dispositifs d'apprentissage et Acquisition des Langues
, Paris: Ophrys
Beatty, K. (2010)
Teaching and Researching CALL, Second Edition
, Pearson Education, London.
Tomas, M. (2009)
Handbook of research on Web 2.0 and second language learning
, IGI International.
Other Relevant Texts:
Crystal, D. (2001)
Language and the Internet
, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Dudeney, G. (2000)
The Internet and the Language Classroom
, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Windeatt, S., D.Hardisty and D. Eastment (2000)
The Internet
, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Companion website www.oup.com/elt/teacher/rbt
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Using technology for Language teaching
, http://www.ict4lt.org/
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Language Learning and Technology Journal
, http://llt.msu.edu/
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Eurocall bibliography
, http://www.eurocall-languages.org/resources/bibliography/books.html
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The Internet TESL Journal
, http://iteslj.org/
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester - Year to be First Offered:
Spring
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09/10
Module Leader:
liam.murray@ul.ie