University of Zenica
Faculty of Philosophy
Department of English language and literature
Master studies
Computer assisted language learning (CALL)
COURSE OUTLINE
Instructor: Associate professor Adnan Bujak
Description of the Course:
This course introduces teachers of English to Computer-Assisted Language
Learning (CALL) tools. In addition to giving an overview of the uses of CALL tools in
teaching/learning, the course will cover a review of interactive instructional technologies
in language teaching/learning, the Internet in English language teaching, and evaluation
of English language teaching software in the language classroom. Implications of CALL
in language classrooms will also be discussed. Students will be provided with hands-on
experience, and they will also develop their own multimedia CALL materials (e.g. web
pages, wikis, blogs, etc.). Students will also review and evaluate current research in
CALL.
Objectives:
Students will be able to
• Review interactive instructional technologies in language teaching/learning.
• Learn terminology related to computer-assisted foreign language learning.
• Experiment with and evaluate current computer applications in foreign language
learning.
• Learn how to design and integrate computers into foreign language courses.
• Review and evaluate selected current research in CALL.
• Develop their own multimedia CALL materials.
Week Date Topic Details
Week I-II 11.3.2021 - Introduction to the course and - Behaviouristic
responsibilities CALL
- Introduction to the history of - Communicative
CALL CALL
- The use of PowerPoint - Integrated CALL
- SANAKO Phonetics lab
Week III-IV 25.3.2021 - Second language teacher education [Link]
for CALL: An alignment of practice
and theory [Link]
Gary Motteram, Diane Slaouti and
Zeynep Onat-Stelma
- Creating and using blogs in ELT
- The use of wikis in ELT
Week V -VI 8.4.2021 - Technology-enhanced reading [Link]
environments, Youngmin Park, Binbin
Zheng, Joshua Lawrence and Mark [Link]
Warschauer [Link]
- Online communities of practice, [Link],
creating and joining online [Link],
groups (yahoo, google, facebook) [Link]
- Creating an online classroom
Week VII - 22.4.2021 - Digital games and language learning, [Link]
VIII Chun Lai, Ruhui Ni and Yong Zhao
[Link]
- Online conference tools
- Computer mediated
communication (CMC),
synchronous and asynchronous
(yahoo messenger, facebook,
skype, twitter
- Computer games in ELT
Week IX - X 6.5.2021 - Second language teacher [Link]
education for CALL: An alignment of [Link]/
practice and theory, Gary Motteram,
Diane Slaouti and Zeynep Onat- [Link]
Stelma g/tools/multimedia/di
gital-storytelling/
[Link]
- Digital storytelling m/for/podcasting
[Link]
[Link]/multimedia/
podcasting-0
- Podcasting
Week XI - XII 21.5.2021 - Language learning in virtual worlds: [Link]
Research and practice, Randall Sadler
and Melinda Dooly [Link]
m
- Creating online quizzes using
[Link]
Hot Potatoes software
- 3d virtual worlds, designing
online classroom in virtual
world
Week XIII - 4.6.2021 - The potential of the internet as a [Link]
XIV language-learning Tool, Iain
[Link]
Mitchell
google sites
- Mobile-assisted language
learning, Glenn Stockwell [Link] ...
- Creating an interactive webpage [Link]
using web based software
- Free online language courses
Week XV 11.6.2021 - revision
Reading Materials
Apart from the reading materials provided by the instructor, Ss are expected to
find one article related to the topic they are presenting and send it around for their
colleagues to read. In the week prior to the class, they are to post discussion questions
regarding the article and other Ss are expected to read and try to answer those questions
Evaluation
In class presentation (40%):
Students will prepare a presentation on a given topic and possible use of the tools
in their classroom. Students will also prepare one practical task/exercise for their
colleagues, thus implementing the presented topic.
Reflection Papers (15%):
There will be 6 articles that students are expected to read; and after that they will
write reflection papers about them. They will post their reflection paper on stream and
hand it in the assignment section. S posting the paper has the responsibility to prepare 3
discussion question...all students are obliged to participate and provide unique reply to
the questions provided. Ss participation will be monitored and awarded.
Classroom Participation and Interest (15%):
More than 2 hours absence will result in failure. Moreover, students should
actively take part in classroom discussions and tasks
Final exam (30%):
Students are expected to take final exam which will include all the topics covered
in theoretical part during classes, as well as reading assignments for discussion through
the semester.