Blending technologies in ESL courses: A reflexive enquiry
نویسندگان
چکیده
Despite persistent calls for a fuller integration of technologies in second and foreign language teaching, particularly in English as a Second Language (ESL) courses, pathways that lead to the effective blending digital resources remain both unclear and complex. The aim of this paper, then, is to explore the blending of technology in second language teaching contexts. To achieve this aim, we undertook a longitudinal and reflective action research project. As part of a self-styled 'community of innovation' involved in reflexive action research, we collectively produced and made use of podcasts in two different ESL settings for one year. The podcasts served as emblematic digital resources in a 'case study' of new technologies to focus our efforts. During the year, we met to discuss our experiences with relation to professional development, classroom use and curriculum change. Starting with a brief review of the literature, we then present our work these themes and set out a research agenda focused on the blending of technologies in second language programs.
منابع مشابه
ESL-speaking immigrant women's disillusions: voices of health care in Canada: an ethnodrama.
This article describes a research project that investigated whether language barriers play a part in immigrant women's health decreasing when they move to Canada. The findings are then represented in the form of an ethnodrama entitled "ESL-Speaking Immigrant Women's Disillusions: Voices of Health Care in Canada." I suggest that the play is catalytic because it encourages target audiences to emp...
متن کاملThe Evolution of Online Learning and the Revolution in Higher Education By STARR ROXANNE HILTZ and MURRAY TUROFF
Online learning is the latest in a long list of social technologies that have been introduced to improve distance learning by adding various augmentations, substitutions, or blending of new pedagogical approaches and technologies. Technologies utilized for distance and online learning include: correspondence courses, physical mail, and printed matter; telephone and/or audio recordings; televisi...
متن کاملHeike Neumann's review of Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing
Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing by Paul Nation is written for in-service and future teachers who want to learn more about encouraging their students’ development of reading and writing skills in classrooms of English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL). It has been conceived and used as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses of teaching methods. It ...
متن کاملIntegrating Computer, Control and Communication (C) in Mechatronic Design Process
Mechatronic system design has received considerable attention over the past decade. This trend has been further accelerated by the rapid advancement of computer, communication, and control (C) technologies and the need for technology integration in modern manufacturing, which depends on the harmonious blending of many different technologies. In helping to prepare our future mechanical engineers...
متن کاملRace: The Difference That Makes a Difference
During the last two decades, critical enquiry into the nature of race has begun to enter the philosophical mainstream. The same period has also witnessed the emergence of an increasingly visible discourse about the nature of information within a diverse range of popular and academic settings. What is yet to emerge, however, is engagement at the interface of the two disciplines – critical race t...
متن کامل