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Developing Interactive Materials for a Network-based Self-access Language Learning Environment

Developing Interactive Materials for a Network-based Self-access Language Learning Environment. By Rita M. Niemann. Beginnings of Self-access. The first Self-access Centres or Resource Centres are developed in the late 1960s/early 1970s.

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Developing Interactive Materials for a Network-based Self-access Language Learning Environment

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  1. Developing Interactive Materials for a Network-based Self-access Language Learning Environment By Rita M. Niemann

  2. Beginnings of Self-access • The first Self-access Centres or Resource Centres are developed in the late 1960s/early 1970s. • They are library-like collections of audio and video materials.

  3. Motivations for Self-access • End of the behaviourism-based audio-lingual approach • Introduction of learner-centered communicative approach

  4. Shortcomings of Self-access work • Littlewood points to the lack of a clear pedagogical framework in establishing self-access facilities. • Unlike with the first language laboratories, setting up self-access was NOT theory driven but has to be seen in the educational concept of ‘autonomy’ (1997: 81).

  5. Self-access Work Figure 1: Littlewood 1997

  6. Shortcomings of Self-access „The most problematic area is on the right hand side of the continuum in the domain of productive skills, where the learner requires the kind of message based feedback that the human respondent normally provides.” (Littlewood 1997: 88)

  7. Interactive Network-based Self-access • Why do we want IT? • What can IT do?

  8. Objectives • Supplement and enhance curriculum of German language modules by providing IT-based learning resources • Promote autonomous and individualised learning • Motivate learners to discover and exploit the potential of the Internet and electronic means of communication for their learning

  9. Methodological Principles • Learner-centredness • Task-based learning • Processorientation

  10. Pre-communicative work

  11. Communicative practice

  12. Structured communication

  13. Structured Communication

  14. Self-access Work Figure 1: Littlewood 1997

  15. Discussion Forum

  16. Chat Room

  17. Movie2Studio

  18. Online coursework component

  19. Online Learner Reflection - Attached to only a few exercises - Completed Reflections are saved as data on server - All reflections are accessible to all learners in the class

  20. Student 1: Example: Quotes from reflections: Comments

  21. Student 1: Example: Quotes from reflections: About Help

  22. Student 1: Example: Quotes from reflections: What did you learn?

  23. Student 2: Example: Quotes from reflections: Comments

  24. Student 2: Example: Quotes from reflections: About Help

  25. Student 2: Example: Quotes from reflections: What did you learn?

  26. Tentative Results from Survey • Part B: Use of Technology in LearningONLY • 12 (17.1%) have prior experience in taking an online course • 6 (8.6%) have prior experience with network-based language learning • 16 (22.9%) have prior experience with language learning CD ROMs

  27. Tentative Results from Survey • Part C: Evaluation of the Online Coursework • C3: Variety of help functions • Completely satisfactory 9 12.7% • Very satisfactory 23 32.4% • Satisfactory 26 36.6% • Not very satisfactory 10 14% • Not satisfactory 2 2.8% • No experience/idea 1 1.4%

  28. Tentative Results from Survey • Part C: Evaluation of the Online Coursework • C4: Availability of help functions • Completely satisfactory 7 9.9% • Very satisfactory 20 28.2% • Satisfactory 30 42.3% • Not very satisfactory 11 15.5% • Not satisfactory 2 2.8% • No experience/idea 1 1.4%

  29. Tentative Results from Survey • Part C: Evaluation of the Online Coursework • C7: Reflection form • Completely satisfactory 2 2.8% • Very satisfactory 8 11.3% • Satisfactory 32 45% • Not very satisfactory 17 23.9% • Not satisfactory 7 9.9% • No experience/idea 5 7%

  30. Part D: Overall Evaluation of learning while engaged in Learning activities… • in doing online coursework • Completely satisfactory 9 12.7% • Very satisfactory 18 25.4% • Satisfactory 33 46.5% • Not very satisfactory 7 9.9% • Not satisfactory 4 5.6% • No experience/idea 0 0%

  31. Outlook • We are just in the beginning stages of network-based self-access language learning. • Future ICT developments will enable higher degree of interactive language learning possibilities in all skill areas.

  32. Current and Future Developments • Speech Recognition • Audio Conferenceing • Video Conferencing • Text to speech • Speech to text

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