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Featured Session - International Conference 2015
Transforming Language Teaching and Learning with Technology
The range of technologies available to language teachers and learners has increased dramatically over the past several years, providing both with a diversity of options that can be both exciting and challenging. As new technologies appear, they bring with them possibilities regarding what can be achieved both inside and outside of the classroom, but it is often difficult to keep up with the range of technologies that become available. In addition to this, the very environments in which language teachers find themselves in are also constantly evolving, with expectations of administration and learners themselves also changing rapidly. These changes have resulted in a paradigm shift in the role of technologies that potentially rewrites the way in which teaching and learning will take place. Some of the challenges associated with this paradigm shift will be discussed, and some suggestions regarding keeping up with these trends will be provided. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of what teachers need to bear in mind to transform their own individual language teaching and learning using technology.
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Invited Second Session
Principles of Mobile Language Learning
As access to sophisticated but affordable portable technologies over the past several years has increased, a body of research into using these technologies for learning in both formal and informal contexts has also appeared. It is not surprising, then, that language teachers have also adopted mobile technologies into their individual teaching and learning contexts. This presentation first examines recent studies from the mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) literature, exploring the issues that emerge from this body of research through a framework distinguishing physical, pedagogical, and psychosocial dimensions. Drawing from research into mobile language learning, and the related fields of mobile learning and computer-assisted language learning, the presentation describes ten general principles proposed by Stockwell and Hubbard (2013) to guide teachers, learners, administrators, employers, and other stakeholders in the challenge of effectively integrating mobile devices and tasks into language learning environments. The presentation concludes with a case study showing how each of the principles described have been applied in an actual mobile language-learning context.
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Speaker Bio-Sketch
Glenn Stockwell is Professor in Applied Linguistics at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. His research interests include mobile learning, motivation and technology, and technology integration in language learning. He has published two books and numerous book chapters and articles in the field of CALL. He is editor-in-chief of The JALT CALL Journal, associate editor of Computer Assisted Language Learning and Language Learning & Technology, and is on the editorial boards of ReCALL, System, and the CALICO Journal.
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Speaker Online Materials
Most of Dr. Stockwell’s work can be accessed from the following site:
http://www.f.waseda.jp/gstock/publications.html
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