Volume 5 #2 Full Issue

Volume 5 #2 Full Issu

Revisión tecnológica del aprendizaje de idiomas asistido por ordenador: una perspectiva cronológica

El presente artículo aborda la evolución y el avance de las tecnologías del aprendizaje de lenguas asistido por ordenador (CALL por sus siglas en inglés, que corresponden a Computer- Assisted Language Learning) desde una perspectiva histórica. Esta revisión de la literatura sobre tecnologías del aprendizaje de lenguas asistido por ordenador comienza con la definición del concepto de CALL y otros términos relacionados, entre los que podemos destacar CAI, CAL, CALI, CALICO, CALT, CAT, CBT, CMC o CMI, para posteriormente analizar las primeras iniciativas de implementación del aprendizaje de lenguas asistido por ordenador en las décadas de 1950 y 1960, avanzando posteriormente a las décadas de las computadoras centrales y las microcomputadoras. En última instancia, se revisan las tecnologías emergentes en el siglo XXI, especialmente tras la irrupción de Internet, donde se presentan el impacto del e-learning, b-learning, las tecnologías de la Web 2.0, las redes sociales e incluso el aprendizaje de lenguas asistido por robots.The main focus of this paper is on the advancement of technologies in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) from a historical perspective. The review starts by defining CALL and its related terminology, highlighting the first CALL attempts in 1950s and 1960s, and then moving to other decades of mainframes and microcomputers. At the final step, emerging technologies in 21st century will be reviewed

The Effect of Portfolio-Based Assessment on Jordanian EFL Learners’ Writing Performance

This study examines the effect of portfolio assessment on Jordanian EFL tenth grade learners’ overall writing performance and their performance on the sub-skills of focus, development, organization, conventions and word choice. The study is quasi-experimental in which an experimental group and a control group of 20 students each were purposefully drawn from tenth grade classes at the public schools for girls in the North-Eastern Badia Directorate of Education. The experimental group was instructed on how to generate ideas, structure, draft, and edit their written pieces following Hamp-Lyons and Condon’s (2000) model while the control group was instructed conventionally as prescribed in the Teacher’s Book. The findings revealed that the portfolio group outperformed the conventionally-instructed group (at α≤ 0.05) in their overall writing performance and in their performance on the writing sub-skills of focus, development, organization, conventions and word choice.Cette étude examine l'effet de l'évaluation par le portfolio sur les performances de l'écrit en général des apprenantes jordaniennes en dixième classe de la langue anglaise comme langue étrangere (EFL) ainsi que leurs performances des cinq sous-compétences de concentration, développement, organisation, conventions et choix des mots. L'étude est quasi-expérimentale dans laquel on compare un groupe expérimental avec un groupe contrôle de 20 élèves qui ont été délibérément selectionnées parmis les étudiantes de la dixème classe dans l'école publique des filles de la Direction Badia Nord-Est de l'éducation. La façon comment générer des idées a été enseigné au groupe expérimental ainsi que la structure, la redaction preliminaire, la revision et l'édition de leurs propres textes en suivant Hamp-Lyons et Condon (2000), tandis que le groupe côntrole a été enseigné d'une façon traditionelle exactement comme prescrit dans le livre de l'enseignant. Les résultats ont démontré que le groupe du portfolio a surperformé le groupe instruit traditionellement (à ≤ 0,05) dans leurs performances générales à l'écrit et celles des sous-compétences de concentration, développement, organisation, conventions et choix des mots

Consistencies and Inconsistencies Between Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices

This instrumental-comparative qualitative case study attempts to investigate the relations between teachers’ beliefs and classroom practices. For this purpose, five Iranian EFL teachers from three private language institutes were interviewed for their beliefs. Then, their classroom practices were observed and videotaped. The data were analyzed using the constant comparative method around common categories, which were identified as distinctive features of teachers’ beliefs; these same themes were then compared with their practices. The data for each case were also compared with the others so that possible causes of the inconsistencies could be traced. Based on the causes, some suggestions for teacher education and educational management are made

The Integration of the English Language Skills to Teach Physical Education to 6th Graders from a public school

En este proyecto de aula se busca integrar las cuatro habilidades del inglés para enseñar Educación Física a estudiantes de sexto grado de un colegio público. Con el proyecto, promovemos el uso de las habilidades orales en inglés a través de la práctica en Educación Física, teniendo como enfoque la instrucción basada en contenido. Implementamos estrategias a través de las cuales los estudiantes reciben, entienden y realizan comandos orales relacionados con Educación Física. Este proyecto tiene como escenario una clase de sexto grado en un colegio público local en un periodo de tiempo de ocho horas a razón de una hora semanal durante dos meses. Se recogieron datos haciendo uso del método cualitativo a través de diarios de campo, observaciones y artefactos producidos por los estudiantes. Una vez contrastados los objetivos del proyecto con los resultados obtenidos, se puede decir que estos fueron alcanzados

Agency and technology-mediated task repetition with young learners : research and implications for primary classroom practice

This paper offers a review of the TBLT literature for young learners with an aim to identify some gaps where future research and classroom practice could be targeted. The specific focus of this review is on procedural task repetition for children, arguing that in addition to the linguistic benefits, task repetition is associated with important gains in the affective domain. It is suggested that technology-mediated task repetition, via tablet devices, can further enhance both opportunities for learning and confidence building and enjoyment. Due to the technological affordances, the learners are firmly in charge of creating dynamic, fluid tasks through cycles of reflection and practice, polishing their performance along the way, stretching towards their ‘upper potential’. To date research within TBLT with children has not explored yet what types of tasks children enjoy working with and why and how task repetition is realised when using tablet devices to record their own performances. This paper suggests steps that can be taken in this direction both in research and classroom practice