Teaching plan with readings

1

Second language learning and technology

• Language teaching and technology
• SLA foundation of CALL
• The emergence of CALL as a discipline
• History, contemporary context, and challenges of CALL
• CALL future: Promises and possibilities

(1) Chapter 1 & 2

(2) Chapter 1

(3) Chapter 1 & 2

(4) Chapter 1

(6)

2

CALL applications and L2 learning

• CALL material format
• Web services and multimedia resources
• CALL technologies and language skill learning
• Popular CALL applications

(1) Chapter 3 & 4

(2) Chapter 2

(4) Chapter 4, 5, 6 & 7

(5) Chapter 2 & 4

(9), (10) & (12)

3

Computer mediated communication

• Synchronous and asynchronous interactions
• Collaboration and negotiation in CALL
• Intercultural exchanges and CMC

(1) Chapter 6

(2) Chapter 4

(4) Chapter 8, 9

(5) Chapter 1, 5, 6 &7

4

M-learning and distance learning for L2

• M-learning and L2 improvement
• Distance learning and social enablers/disablers
• Models of CALL instruction delivery
• Computer-based testing

(2) Chapter 5

(3) Chapter 4

(4) Chapter 12

(5) Chapter 9, 10 & 11

(7)

5

CALL pedagogies

• SLA theories and CALL practices
• Learners and CALL learning conditions
• Local practice of CALL and implications
• Theoretical and pedagogical concerns

(1) Chapter 5, 7 & 8

(3) Chapter 6

(4) Chapter 2 &10

(5) Chapter 3, 8

(11) & (13)

6

CALL evaluation and research

• Priciples for CALL evaluation
• Evaluation of CALL applications and resources
• Current research in CALL
• Examples of CALL research
• Summary

(1) Chapter 9 & 10

(2) Chapter 3 & 6

(3) Chapter 3 & 5

(4) Chapter 13