LANGTCHG 752 Computer Assisted Language Learning - Course Outlines

Course Prescription

Covers the theoretical and practical aspects of using technology to promote language learning. Includes culture and CALL, exercise authoring, CALL research, technology and the four skills, web-based language learning, computer-mediated communication, and CALL evaluation.

Course Overview

LANGTCHG 752 is a distance course in the Masters in Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (MTESOL). This course on CALL or TELL (Technology-Enhanced Language Learning) or WELL (Web-Enhanced Language Learning) or MALL (Mobile-Assisted Language Learning) covers the theoretical and practical aspects of using technology to promote language learning. The lack of a single suitable acronym reflects the diffuse nature of the use of technology in language learning. We all live in a digital world and we no longer wheel in a particular piece of software to do a specific task in an otherwise technology-free environment. How many times do you use technology (computers or phones) within one hour? The issue is not whether students are using technology or not, it is how to best use technology. Despite the ubiquity of enabling technology, we still need to investigate the ways in which technology can be used to facilitate interaction, provide tools, or deliver content and feedback. The general aim of the course is to provide the background that will help you make informed decisions about the use of technology over the next decade. As a teacher or administrator, you may want to supplement your classroom teaching with online materials; evaluate courseware; design a combined face-to-face/technology-based course (blended learning); and author materials using systems such as Moodle (Or you may want to run a internet-based language school). How can technology be used to enhance language learning? Where does technology fit best in the complex process of learning a language? These questions will be explored in this course and at the same time we will use technology (fairly gently) throughout the course in order to increase your knowledge of technology use and also to foster some reflection on the manner in which content, interaction and feedback may be handled by computer-based systems. We will conduct the course in the online realm and make use of online resources as much as possible. The application of technology in language learning adds an extra dimension to an already complex phenomenon involving learners, teachers, materials and institutions. During the course, you will gain knowledge of the nuts and bolts of technology use as well as the ability to critically assess particular technologies in specific situations.

Course Requirements

Restriction: LANGTCHG 719

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Use and become familiar with a wide range of CALL applications (Capability 1.2 and 1.3)
Understand how particular technologies can be used to support learning in different situations (Capability 1.1, 1.2 and 2.3)
Develop awareness of the social and cultural aspects of CALL (Capability 6.2)
Evaluate technologies and implementations (Capability 1.2, 1.3, 2.2 and 2.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type	Percentage	Classification
Coursework	100%	Individual Coursework
	100%

Next offered

Semester 1, 2021

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week on each 15 point course that they are enrolled in, including class time and personal study and assignment preparation.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Well-being always comes first
We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - for more information, look at this Canvas page (https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/33894), which has links to various support services in the University and the wider community.

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Capability 1:	Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2:	Critical Thinking
Capability 6:	Social and Environmental Responsibilities

LANGTCHG 752 : Computer Assisted Language Learning

Arts

2020 Semester One (1203) (15 POINTS)