Technology and Language Learning

Catalog description

This course prepares students to both utilize existing technology and create new tools to better engage language learners. It enables students to master techniques in designing computer-based learning content for a diverse student population. Drawing on scholarship in the field of computer-assisted language learning, students will be introduced to best practices in designing, publishing, creating, testing, and assessing the quality of computer-based learning. This course provides theoretical and practical training for second language educators and is a balance between scholarship and practice in this field of applied linguistics that focuses on the use of computer technology in second language education. Students will be introduced to recent theories in the study of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and will be trained in the use of many tools available for teacher education that employ various technological tools.