Computer Technologies for English Teaching and Learning

1. Computer Technologies for English Teaching and Learning 陳浩然 Howard Chen 國立台灣師範大學英語系 http://llrc.eng.ntnu.edu.tw hjchen@cc.ntnu.edu.tw

2. Searching for good learning conditionS: Web and Computers • Michael Long and cathy Doughty (Carol Chapelle) • IDEAL SLA conditions-------------- • Rich Input • Enhanced input • Modified input • Pushed output • Feedback • Interaction with Native speakers • More=============

3. Listening Resources • NPR (National Public Radio) • PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) • BBC • VOA News(Voice of America) • TV stations (ABC, NBC, CBS; CNN) • ICRT • Studioclassroom • ESL-Lab, ELLLO • Youtube

4. VOA special English –for lower level

5. ESL-Lab

6. ELLLO web site- more than 1000 items

7. PBS Frontline-for very advanced learners

8. EnglishCentral Visit

9. Self-Access listening site • (asynchronous course) • Easy to download and upload listening materials • VOA is the best resources • CNN is also available • Online quizzes • Tracking learners

10. Teacher’s Assigned listening tasks

11. MP3 file

12. Realvideo Files

13. Online Listening Tests

14. Offering courses

15. VOA-select suitable listening materials

16. Examine Students’ Performances

17. Moodle can help • Moodle can help to develop better listening sites • Moodle guide • What Moodle can offer • Link to Moodle.org • It is not difficult to use Moodle • http://moodle.org/ • Youtube and other video sites

18. Story about Moodle • Moodle(abbreviation forModular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is afree and open-sourcee-learningsoftwareplatform, also known as a Course Management System,Learning Management System, orVirtual Learning Environment(VLE). As of January 2010it had a user base of 45,721 registered and verified sites, serving 32 million users in 3 million courses. • Moodle is developed byMartin Dougiamasto help educators create online courses with a focus on interaction and collaborative construction of content. • Moodle Pty Ltd(based inPerth, Western Australia) does most of the development of Moodle. Moodle's open source license and modular design allow any developer to create additional modules and features.

19. SynctoLearn at NTNU

20. Listening- MP3 Cell phone and so on • Mobile Learning • What is the trend of the future?

21. Cellphone

22. HP Pocket PC Screen-MP3 and more

23. Listening FTV English News On PPCs

24. Automatic Speech recognition and English oral skill development • ASR • What are the well-know products? • TellmeMore pro • MyET • NTNU site (free) • EnglishCentral

25. ASR advantages • Students will have more opportunities to produce the target language and have extensive interaction with computers. • Students will be given individual attention; they do not need to compete with other classmates. • Students can learn to communicate under a less threatening environment and they often can get feedback quickly. • Students are provided with various types of direct or indirect feedback from computers. • Students have the opportunity to listen to English spoken by a range of native speakers. • Students can control the pace of their learning which might lead to increased confidence.

26. An Conversation with TeLLmeMore pro

27. The Total Scores Assigned by MyET

28. The detailed feedback on pronunciations

29. The detailed feedback on pitch

30. The detailed feedback on timing

31. The detailed feedback on intensity/emphasis

32. Identify the object

33. Read the sentence

34. Question and Answer

35. Conversations

36. Tracking Students’ Performance

37. Students’ Personal Records

38. ASR games

39. ASR at Englishcentral

40. The virtual challenge in Microsoft Encarta interactive English

41. Feedback • The feedback quality can be improved • More opportunities to use the target languages • Some models to follow • Less threatening environment

42. CMC-Computer Mediated Communications • Text Chatting • Voice Chatting: MSN, Skype. • Video Conferencing: MSN, Netmetting. Microsoft Exchange conferencing server • International Communication- Japan-Hokkaido • University • Exchange cultural information- chatting in the second language

43. Computer-Mediated Communications: Learner interactions in online chat room

44. A.L.I.C.E. (Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity) by Dr. Richard Wallace

45. The log of conversation with ALICE

46. International CALLs: MSN or Yahoo

47. Video Conferencing Available Skype and Google Talk

48. Exchange Conferencing Server

49. SAC for reading • Computerized Vocabulary Levels Test (English Vocabulary Levels Test) • Automatic Vocabulary Analyzer – based on Collins Cobuild Dictionary. • Dictionary Active Page - save your time! • Tagger, Chunker, and Parser - analyzing sentence structure • Download MP3 files of reading with perfect quality. • Vocabulary Notebook: the system saves your record for you to print out. • Automatic Vocabulary Quiz Generator - practice the vocabulary in your articles • Automatic Text Summarization : summarizing text • Reading strategy training: provide strategy training exercise • Reading rate accelerator: improve your reading speed • Discussion and Sharing: share your articles

50. Vocabulary Levels Test