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languageteaching,stimulatedbythereformofnationaleducationandtheteacher
professionaldevelopmentprocedures,hasbeenatleastpartiallysatisfiedbynational
andlocalteachertraininginitiatives,suchasTheBritishCouncilPolandICTfor
TeachersProject,theINSETTProgramme,Interklasa,Intel"TeachtotheFuture,"
IATEFLPolandComputerSIGteachertrainingworkshops,tonamejustafew(see
Krajka,2004a,foradescriptionofICTteachertrainingeffortswithintheINSETT
framework).Therefore,thepresentmomentseesmuchmorefavourableconditionsfor
theimplementationofcomputertechnologyineducation,bothintermsoftechnical
considerationsandteacherskills,thanitwasthecaseatthebeginningofthe1990s.
However,aftertheyearsofinitial"Internetfrenzy,"orhighmotivationtoInternet-
basedlearningcausedmainlybystudents'limitedaccesstotheWeb,withmuchwider
provisionoftheInternetinhouseholdstheteacherattitudetowardstheroleoftheInternet
intheteachingprocesshastoberedefined.TheearlyexperimentswiththeInternetas
aclassroommediumoremailingofteninvolvedlittlelong-termplanningorconscious
considerationofthebenefitsbroughtaboutbythechangeofaclassroommedium,and
wereoftenlimitedtotransferringsimilarclassroomactivitiestocomputers,suchasstudents
readingInternetwebsitesinsteadofcoursebooktexts.OncetheInternetitselfstoppedto
beapowerfulmotivatingfactorforthemajorityoflearners,theteacherhastofacethe
challengetomotivatestudentsnotonlywiththemedium,but,moreimportantly,with
thelessondesign,activitystructure,formofwork,skilfulintegrationofonlineandoff-
linecomponents,involvementoflearnersinmaterialsdevelopment.Internet-based
teachingoftoday,andevenmoreimportantly,oftomorrow,needstobebasedon
pedagogicallysoundprinciplesensuringtheeffectiveexploitationofthemediumand
sufficientintegrationwithandreinforcementofface-to-facecoursebook-basedteaching.
Theapplicationofcomputertechnologyinthelanguagelearningprocesshasresulted
inthedevelopmentofawholenewbranchofeducationwiththegeneraltermof
"Computer-AssistedLanguageLearning,"theapproachinwhichcomputersare
implementedasanintegralpartofalanguagecoursetoprovide,reinforceandassess
thematerialtobelearned(Hardisty&Windeatt,1989).Awiderangeofsub-branches
emergedtogetherwithnewdevelopmentsandapplications-Computer-Mediated
Communication,Computer-AidedTesting,Computer-ManagedInstruction,
Computer-AssistedInstruction,Internet-AssistedLanguageLearning,Technology-
EnhancedLanguageLearning,DistanceLearning/e-Learning,orrecently,Mobile-
AssistedLanguageLearningandBlog-AssistedLanguageLearning(seeWard,2004,
foradiscussionofBALL).Thisproliferationofusesofcomputertechnologyin
educationalsettingsexploreswideopportunitiesthatcanbeopenedforawell-trained
teacherinaproperlyequippedclassroom.Thosevariousapproachesarecharacterised
byadiversityofmodesofuseanddegreesofinterventionofcomputertechnologyin
theprocess-rangingfromatraditionalface-to-faceclassroomusingtextoraudio
materialsretrievedfromtheWebtoafullydistancecoursesettingwiththecomputer
managingtheprovisionoflearningobjects,administeringandscoringtests,providing
feedback.Thepresentworktakesonlyapartofthewholerangeofeducational