Classroom Language Teaching and Learning in the Era of Technology

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Classroom Language Teaching and Learning in the
Era of Technology

• Wang Haixiao
• Nanjing University

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Outline

• Phrases in fashion
• Classroom language teaching

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Phrases in Fashion

• Ability to use English in a well-rounded way
• Learner autonomy
• Multimedia network technology
• Formative assessment

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Phrases in Fashion

• Ability to use English in a well-rounded way
• Learner autonomy
• Multimedia network technology
• Formative assessment

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Goals of College English

• Ability
• Ability to use English
• Ability to use English in a well-rounded way

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Language Ability

• Grammatical competence
• Discourse competence
• Sociolinguistic competence
• Strategic competence
• Knowledge Structures
• Canale Swain (1980) ,Bachman (1990)

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Phrases in Fashion

• Ability to use English in a well-rounded way
• Learner autonomy
• Multimedia network technology
• Formative assessment

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Learner Autonomy

• From the learners perspective
• Intelligence and aptitude
• Personalities and learning Styles
• Attitudes and motivations

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Learner Autonomy

• From the perspective of learning
• Input, output and interaction
• Learning as construction
• Language learning strategies

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Phrases in Fashion

• Ability to use English in a well-rounded way
• Learner autonomy
• Multimedia network technology
• Formative assessment

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Multimedia Network Technology

• Multimedia and sharable resources
• Authentic language materials
• Non-linear fashion of information processing
• Interactivity
• Authenticity of communication
• Timely feedback and guidance
• Anytime and anywhere

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Phrases in Fashion

• Ability to use English in a well-rounded way
• Learner autonomy
• Multimedia network technology
• Formative assessment

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Formative Assessment

• Tracking the teaching process
• Providing feedback
• Helping students to adjust learning strategies
  and improve methods
• Increasing learning efficiency

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Classroom Language Teaching

• Classroom is where the teacher, the students, the
  Web and other extracurricular activities meet

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Classroom Language Teaching

• Setting goals and objectives
• Language ability
• Learner autonomy
• Designing tasks
• Teacher/student performance
• Control and arrangement
• Evaluation
• For administrative purpose
• For teaching/learning purpose

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Classroom Language Teaching

• Setting goals and objectives
• Language ability
• Learner autonomy
• Designing tasks
• Teacher/student performance
• Control and arrangement
• Evaluation
• For administrative purpose
• For teaching/learning purpose

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Setting Goals and Objectives

• Knowledge syllabus (linguistic, cultural and
  other world knowledge)
• Skill syllabus (language and language learning)
• Functional syllabus (social and academic
  functions)
• Strategy syllabus (learning and communication
  strategies)

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Classroom Language Teaching

• Setting goals and objectives
• Language ability
• Learner autonomy
• Designing tasks
• Teacher/student performance
• Control and arrangement
• Evaluation
• For administrative purpose
• For teaching/learning purpose

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Designing Tasks

• Teacher talk
• Giving information and explanation
• Asking questions
• Giving directions
• Responding to students output
• Modifying students output
• Commenting on students output

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Designing Tasks

• Student performance
• Note taking
• Giving information
• Recalling
• Asking questions and giving answers
• Offering opinions
• Summarizing and synthesizing
• Peer evaluation
• Self-reflection

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Designing Tasks

• Control
• Pace, variety, and flow
• Student control vs. teacher control
• Planned vs. free or spontaneous
• Timed vs. untimed
• Definite or indefinite results

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Designing Tasks

• Class arrangement
• Class as a whole
• Class as individuals
• Pair work
• Groups of 3 or more
• Teacher vs. student(s)
• Student(s) vs. student(s)

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Sample Classroom Activities (1)

• Non-textbook related activities
• Sharing learning strategies
• Weekly news roundup
• Project preparation and presentation

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Sample Classroom Activities (2)

• Textbook related activities
• Introducing background or other related
  information
• Questions from students
• Questions from teachers
• Fast reading
• Recalling

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Sample Classroom Activities (3)

• Other controlled activities
• Paraphrasing
• Rearranging (words and phrases, sentences or
  paragraphs)
• Blank filling
• Modeling (sentences, paragraphs or passages)
• Transforming (sentences, paragraphs or passages)

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Sample Classroom Activities (4)

• Write an essay in response to the passage
  "Finding Spirit on the Subway".
• You may begin by summarizing the main argument of
  the author and then attempt to answer the
  following questions
• As a freshman, what did you think of the author's
  argument and suggestions?
• What have been some of your own or other people's
  experiences on campus?
• How do you balance academic and extracurricular
  activities?
• What is your conclusion?

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Classroom Language Teaching

• Setting goals and objectives
• Language ability
• Learner autonomy
• Designing tasks
• Teacher/student performance
• Control and arrangement
• Evaluation
• For administrative purpose
• For teaching/learning purpose

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Evaluation

• Achievement test as a check on Web-based learning
• Performance evaluation with focus on task
• Diagnostic assessment
• Peer evaluation as language learning
• Peer and self evaluation as consciousness raising
  and strategy learning

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Thank you!