Transcript CALL in Teachers Training Program

CALL in Teachers Training Program
Neny Isharyanti
GloCALL 2007
Outline
Background
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Pilot research
On-going, action research
Comments and suggestions welcome!
Perspectives of pre-service student teachers
with more on them being a student
Research Questions
• What are student teachers’ expectations of
CALL course?
• What did they think they learn?
• What did they think important for being a
teacher?
• What did they think not important for being
a teacher?
• What topics do they want?
The course
• 14 weeks elective course in Fall semester
2007/2008
• Only junior/senior can take it
Subjects
• 26 students
• Junior/senior
• Have done or in the process of taking
Teaching Practicum
• Familiar with computer usage esp.
microsoft production tools (intermediate
users or above) and use Internet on daily
basis
facilities
• In a computer lab, internet-enabled (30
workstations)
• Pentium IV, audio, video
• Internet Connection using LAN (shared
with about 2000 other PCs)
• No installation policy
Methodology
• Teacher decided on the topics (Volker, 2004,
with adaptation)
• Students filled in pre- and post-course
questionnaire
• Presented in Moodle Forum
• Analysis on responses
• Descriptive statistic
Results
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Expectations
What learnt?
What is important?
What is not important?
More topics?
Course Expectation
interests in
computer
computer to teach
English
web development
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fulfillment of
required course
improve grade
retake
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easy class (no test)
friends enrolled
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free internet, class
condition
computer savvy
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teacher
get a better job
fun
Course Expectations
• Computer savvy
“honestly, I’m a little bit ‘gaptek’…hehe...so I join this
class ^_^” (Yustin)
• Interests in computer
“I enrolled this class because it has ‘computer’ in it. I
always interested in computer, and want to learn and
know everything from a computer’” (Alfaliyan)
Course Expectations
• Get a better job (teaching or others)
“well, over all, I came to this class because that I guess CALL
is one of the useful elective I should select that will be
considered as my additional value when I apply for a job
later on.” (Yulia)
• Computer to teach English
“I enroll this class to learn how to use new technologies,
internet, to advance my teaching language skill. I am
interested since I often use computer and use internet to
learn language. So, I hope someday I could be a person
who have an internet web that full of language teaching
material.” (Yudea)
Course Expectations
• Web development
“I expect to get new informations about web developing so
that I can create my own educated site. ” (Ianita)
Analysis: Course Expectations
• Economic reasons
• Computer savvy  get a better job
• Knowledge on CALL-related teaching skills  get a
better job
• Interest reason
• Likes computer
• Social reasons
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Friends
Teacher
Fun
“cool”
Analysis: Course Expectations
• Achievement reasons
• Required course
• Retaking for good grade
• Easy class
• Other reasons
• Class condition
• “Free” internet access
What is learnt?
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what is call
mailing list lurking activity
lesson plan
production tools
web eval
new emerging technologies
assessment
web development
What is learnt?
• Production tools
• Web development
Analysis: What is learnt?
• Focus more on (in reversed priority order):
• practical topics:
• Production tools
• Web development
• Assessment
• Analytical topics
• Mailing list lurking activity
• Web evaluation
• New emerging technologies
Analysis: What is learnt?
• Theoretical topics
• What is CALL
• Lesson plan
What is important?
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what is call
mailing list lurking activity
lesson plan
production tools
web eval
new emerging
assessment
web development
What is not important?
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what is call
mailing list lurking activity
lesson plan
production tools
web eval
new emerging
assessment
web development
Analysis: Importance
topics
important not important
assessment
lesson plan
web development
production tools
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n/a
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web evaluation
mailing list lurking activity
new emerging technologies
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n/a
what is call
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Analysis: Importance
• Consistent importance:
• Assessment
• Production tools
• New emerging technologies
• Quite consistent:
• Lesson plan (important)
• Web evaluation (important)
• What is CALL (not so important)
• Web development? Mixed feeling…
• Interests? Coolness?
To sum up…
• A continuum of topics to learn
• Practical  analytical  theoretical
• Importance?
• Similar
• Practical  analytical  theoretical
• Some interests of advancing
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Web development
Flash files creation
M-learning
Computer games
Being a ‘hacker’!
Hmm…
• Student teachers tend to focus more on
things that are applicable and tangible for
their teaching
• What to teach?
• Cases for including theoretical matters?
Questions/Suggestions?
• Please do….