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Cross Sector Computer Assisted Language Learning CROSSCALL. Terry King Jane Hughes Lydia Buravova. Background. Lessons from previous projects - VDML,ATLAS and ESRC researcg surveys and focus groups. 1,000 pupils 10 teachers School learner’s dilemma
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Cross Sector Computer Assisted Language LearningCROSSCALL Terry King Jane Hughes Lydia Buravova CETL Seminar
Background • Lessons from previous projects - VDML,ATLAS and ESRC researcg surveys and focus groups. 1,000 pupils 10 teachers • School learner’s dilemma - High expectations; sense of low achievement • School teacher’s dilemma -Theory and practice • New technology -New opportunities, new registers CETL Seminar
Questions to consider • “Netspeak” or online language: Is this a concept relevant to (all) world languages? • “Electronic literacy”: Should language learners be taught online communication in the target language? • How might teachers and learners of world languages benefit from developing cross-sector relationships? CETL Seminar
Outcomes and Data CETL Seminar
Overview of research • Aspects of online communication • Characteristics of language used • Students’ awareness about language use • Register • Use of target language versus English • How relationships developed • Roles and images • How the university students see their role • The image of themselves that the students create • What students in both sectors learned CETL Seminar
Initial observations • Developing relationships • Initiating the dialogue • Pattern of questions and answers • Topics discussed • Features of more successful dialogues • University student role conceptions • Not teachers • Approach to giving help and making corrections CETL Seminar
Initial observations 2 • Features of language • Mainly informal but some variation • Hola! Hi! Hallo, Hey! Guten Tag, Liebe Susan, no address • Bis bald, xxx, Liebe Grüße, schreib bald, deine Susan, viel Spass noch in der Schule • English mixed with target language in varying proportions • Errors • Internet and Texting features • Seufz, :)), Chats, :D CETL Seminar
Example • Russian chara-dixie.doc CETL Seminar
The Way Forward • A revised model - The adolescents’ needs; language functions • The role of HE - A readily available supply of near-peers • How apply to LWW ? - Discussion of issues. CETL Seminar
Thanks to • The teachers and pupils of the schools involved - Elliot School, Putney - William Ellis School, Camden - The Weald of Kent GS for Girls • The funders, UCL and CfBT CETL Seminar