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Teaching &learning Englishwithtoday’stechnologies

Pete Sharma

November 2015

Teacher Trainer

Book Reviewer

Director EAP Lecturer ELT Author

Consultant

http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/5-ways-to-win-an-argument/

Knowledge – Skills

K S

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numbers

Plenary aim

To present a ‘snapshot’ of language teaching in the new digital era

Overview

• Background

• Innovations

• Controversies

• How teaching has changed

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Part one Five statements on the digital age

Paradigm shift

Printing

press

http://www.mosesavalon.com/current-post/printing-press/

Digital literacies

• Search

• Txt

• Create a C.V.

• Read on a Kindle

• Create on-line presence

• Give a Prezi

‘Digital Literacides’ [Pearson]

(1) Controversial

Multiple perspectives

Teacher

Student

Trainer

DoS

Director

PublisherAuthor Designer

Theory

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(2) CALL is

situation-specific

Levy & Stockwell

Institutions do

different things……

Institutions are at

different points…

From: http://www.designdamage.com/

Innovators

Early adaptors

Early majority

Late majority

Laggard

high-tech

low-tech

no-tech

From: Promethean

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Technology-led

Pedagogy plays

‘catch-up’

(3)Technology changed

language teaching

forever

Corpus linguistics

Macmillan

http://www.lextutor.ca/conc/multi/

(4) Importance

of attitude

www.forbes.com

Knowledge – Skills - Attitude

K S

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numbers

[Freeman]http://stocktouch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/iceberg-poster.jpg

(5) Importance of pedagogy

What?

So what?

How?

Macmillan Books for Teachers series

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Content

knowledge

Technological knowledge

Pedagogical

knowledge

Adapted from: TPACK framework: tpack.org ©2012

S.A.M.R. model

Dr Puentedurawww.ipadartroom.com

S.A.M.R. model

Dr Puentedura

www.ipadartroom.com

www.ipadartroom.com

Background

Controversial

Institutions do different things

Technology changed language learning

Importance of attitude

Importance of pedagogy

Part two

Innovations

M-learning

Materials

Experimental

Left-field

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Innovations

M-learning

Materials

Experimental

Left-field

www.flashsticks.com

Augmented Reality

Transformation

www.imaginalitylearning.co.uk

Quick Response code

Scannable barcode

‘Digital destination’

e.g. Website

Text

Power Point

Use of QR-codes

App smashing

Innovations

M-learning

Materials

Experimental

Left-field

Rise of learning platforms

www.macmillanenglishcampus.com www.english360.com

MOOCs

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Innovations

M-learning

Materials

Experimental

Left-field

Voice recognition

Siri

Google voice search

Voice to text

http://www.nuancemobilelife.com/apps/dragon-dictation/

The flipped classroom

Aaron Sams YouTube

Adaptive learning

From: The Round

Innovations

M-learning

Materials

Experimental

Left-field

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Real world plus ‘in-world’ LinguaServe in Second Life

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Robot teachers!

© AFP / Getty Images

Part three

Controversies

Will printed course books

disappear?

Mobiles in class: on or off?

Should schools buy Interactive

Whiteboards?

Part four

How teaching has changed

Grammar

Vocabulary

Language skills

Listening & Reading

Speaking & Writing

Phonology

Grammar

Grammar

InteractiveExercises 24 /7

Grammar referencematerials

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Infinite clone tool

Right or wrong?

“I am born in Poona”

“I have seen Mark yesterday”

“I am in London for two days”

“If I will see James, I will give him the message”

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Review Storage

Dictionary apps

Word frequency

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/red-word-game/

Listening

Listening

‘Out of class’ Strategy work

Choice

Speak Out (Longman)

Video

podcasts

Reading

Reading

Gradedreaders

E-book readers

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Skimming

IELTS app (Macmillan)

Speaking

Speaking

Presentation tools

Voice recognition

Recording

From: Socrative

Polling

Writing

Writing

Feedback:Comments /Camtasia

Wikis for collaboration

www.popplet.com

Phonology

Phonology

AppsGames

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Sounds

app

Sounds [Macmillan]

In conclusion

Diversity

Excitement

“Beyond the wow factor”

Incorporate if appropriate

‘Carefully and critically’ (Ur)

Overview

• Background

• Innovations

• Controversies

• How teaching has changed

Teaching &learning Englishwithtoday’stechnologies

Pete Sharma

November 2015

Thank-you!