Academic Catalog

FLE361 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING TOOLS

Course Code:	4500361
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	6.0
Department:	Foreign Language Education
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Assist.Prof.Dr ÞENÖM TUÐBA YALÇIN
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

Course Content

This course introduces pre-service 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 evaluation of English language teaching software and use of Web 2.0 tools 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.