Handout 1 from Pete’s 2005 IATEFL presentation: “Successful teaching – successful learning”
1. Personalisation
Does your teacher know you?
2. The nature of feedback
3. Speech recognition software
4. Skills work
· writing vs speaking
· on-screen reading
· video
5. Pedagogical rationale / purpose
· why do we learn languages? (on-line environment vs real meet)
· grammar as “product” vs “process”
· cognitive engagement in interactive exercises
· what are the roles of the teacher and the technology
6. Translation
· helpful? accurate or misleading?
7. Value of communication tools
on-line chat in English no teacher to moderate
8. The validity of on-line testing
· on-line evaluation gives a “level”, then assigns a pre-written body of exercises
· does not take other affective factors into consideration, including personality, motivation, hesitancy etc.
