Course Description
Using an authentic, practical, and hands-on approach, this course aims to inform pre-service
secondary English language teachers about topics related to technology enhanced language learning
and teaching. This course provides students a survey in language teaching related interactive
technologies targeting listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. Topics explored include: integrating technology into traditional language learning and teaching, enhancing language learning with digital technologies, web-based resources for language teaching, corpora and concordancers, multimedia, virtual worlds, digital game-based language learning, and the use of mobile technologies to assist and complement traditional language learning and teaching. Students in the course are expected to review and evaluate English language teaching and learning software and Web 2.0 tools for their usefulness in the secondary English language classroom. Students will also apply concepts to create a
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: Understand how technology, if used properly, can enhance language learning and teaching.
CILO-2: Judge the suitability of technology for different secondary English language classroom environments.
CILO-3: Design technology-enhanced language learning tasks.
CILO-4: Create digital content that can be used in the secondary language learning classroom.