Teacher Education in Computer-Assisted Language Learning: A Sociocultural and Linguistic Perspective (Advances in Digital Language Learning and Teaching) - Softcover

Schmid, Euline Cutrim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350100994 ISBN 13: 9781350100992

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

Synopsis

Even though many pre-service and in-service teacher programs now address information and computer technology, computer- assisted language learning (CALL) teacher education is still reported as inadequate. Why is this? This book elaborates on some of the existing concerns and through deft analysis of longitudinal data begins to piece together a future road map for CALL teacher education.

The book adopts a sociocultural approach, based on the principle that teaching (and learning how to teach) is a long term, complex developmental process that operates through participation in social practices that come with the territory. Euline Cutrim Schmid highlights the need for situated and localized learning, pre-service and in-service collaboration and collaborative peer-assisted learning. Above all of this, the book recommends and proves the efficacy of socially aware and professional reflective practice. This is an essential sociolinguistic take on the computer learning revolution.

About this title

About the Author

Euline Cutrim Schmid is Full Professor of Applied Linguistics and TEFL at the English Department of the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. She edited, along with Shona Whyte, Teaching Languages With Technology: Communicative Approaches to Interactive Whiteboard Use (2014)

Review

“This thought-provoking and timely book makes a significant contribution to teacher education in CALL. From its perceptive insights into theory to the innovative suggestions for practice, it charts a path forward with remarkable clarity, honesty and detail. It is highly recommended for practitioners and researchers who are interested in how teacher education can first be conceptualised and then, most importantly, be made to work.” ―Mike Levy, Professor, The University of Queensland, Australia

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1350100994
• ISBN 13: 9781350100992
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 218