Teacher Education & Development Course

Entry Requirements/ Participants
This course is intended for EFL teachers (both native and non-native speakers) interested in developing their use of CALL, with two years' relevant teaching experience.

Course
All sessions have a large practical component and are task based. The following topics are included in the course:
- CALL hardware
Discussion of the hardware and software tools required for basic computing, multimedia, presentations, networking and connection to the Internet.
- Evaluating software
Discussion of ways in which the value of commercially available CALL software can be assessed, using agreed selection criteria. Much of this session is spent applying criteria to a range of commonly available software.
- Developing writing skills
How writing skills can be developed using the word processor as well as materials for developing reading and listening.
- Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)
The language and pedagogic application of CMC.
- Using the Internet
Finding and evaluating websites for authentic materials, reference sources and language learning activities; using the Internet to communicate with other students and teachers, and making use of Web technologies such as wikis and blogs.
- Creating web pages and using Virtual Learning Environments
Discussion of the design of webpages and the use of Virtual Learning Environments. This includes practice in designing web pages and building a simple website without specialist programming knowledge.
- Making presentations
This session looks at presentation packages such as Microsoft Powerpoint to make effective presentations at workshops and conferences and in your teaching. This involves the course participants in designing and making a short presentation of their own.