Challenges in technology mediated EFL teaching in blended classrooms.
This is a new topic that I am interested to explore more in the area of teaching EFL with ICT.
First of all I start asking myself these guiding questions:
1. What are the charactersitics of a blended language classroom? or what is it like to use ICT in language classrooms?
A review of Blended Learning by P. Sharma and B. Barrett: http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/62/4/422
Teaching languages through technology. By Gillespie
http://thejournal.com/articles/2001/04/01/teaching-college-courses-online-vs-facetoface.aspx
2. What are the differences between a pure virtual language course and a lecture classroom?
Links:
http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FREC%2FREC20_02%2FS0958344008000128a.pdf&code=e2a3f64f542749475d1724b76fbc7feb
3. What are new roles and skills of online language teachers? What need to be added into existing F2F practices?
Developing the skills and techniques for online language teaching: a focus on the process
Authors: Mike Levy;Yuping Wang;Nian-Shing Chen
Link:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a908812144
4. What could be the challenges when incorporating ICT in traditional EFL classrooms?
Links
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/strengthAndWeak.asp
http://www.learnerstogether.net/PDF/Blended-Language-Learning.pdf
P.Sharma's article: Controversies in using technology in language teaching
Why learners drop out of a blended-learning environment:
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1230792
I'm searching for answers from these previous studies and hopefully can develop a detailed outline for another piece of writing which will address issues in technology infused langauge teaching in Thai tertiary EFL contexts.
