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TESOL Futures and Digital Technologies
Postgraduate | TAS-ESG719 | 2023
Course information for 2023 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
TESOL Futures and Digital Technologies
About this subject
On successful completion of this Unit the learner will be able to:
- Identify and critically reflect on issues relating to CALL in language education.
- Analyse approaches to research in the field of technology-enhanced language instruction.
- Engage with up-to-date theory and research pertaining to the field of CALL to draw theoretically informed classroom implications
- Effectively communicate key ideas relating to theory and practice in CALL, demonstrating constructive engagement with the wider professional community.
- Apply advanced knowledge of a range of digital technologies to teaching English as a second or foreign language practice.
- Introductions, discussion of course content and assessment. All participants are required to introduce themselves and provide a professional context
- Defining Terms: Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL)
- CALL: The story so far
- The Affordances of CALL
- CALL Resources and Software
- CALL and SLA
- Collaboration and CALL
- A CALL Model
- Issues and Concerns
- Researching CALL
- Methodological Approaches to CALL Research
This unit investigates the implementation of current digital technologies in TESOL and considers the future of language learning and teaching utilising technology. The unit will include: Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), affordances of digital technologies and applications, Second-Language Acquisition (SLA) and theoretical basis for using digital technologies in language teaching, particularly in the context of TESOL, as well as future research trends.
- Extended assignment (70%)
- Discussion board posts (30%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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