1_Developing Electronic Materials for Language Teaching

1_Developing Electronic Materials for Language Teaching

1. Electronic materials refers to materials that has been digitally processed so that the user is able to access it through a single source, usually a computer

2. Hypermedia

   • (originally ´hypertext´) refers to the capacity to make links between ´bits´ of information

3. Communication Media

   • With the advent of widespread use of local area networking and the world wide web, interpersonal communication has become a powerful factor in the development of electronic materials.
     • -Email -discussion lists -video conferencing

4. Contributions to Language Learning

   • resources are currently making a contribution to the language learning enterprise in various ways

5. Enhancing Reading though Electronic Media

   • Reading is a highly complex activity that plays a critical role in the process of learning another language

6. Making Reading Easier

   • Hypermedia makes it possible to build into a single page a number of clickable options to support the L2 reader

7. Developing Comprehension Strategies

   • While the above uses of hypertext and multimedia can facilitate comprehension of text by providing timely support, the do not necessarily assist the learner in the longer term
     • 1. prediction 2.skimming. scanning 3. paraphrasing

8. Enhancing Writing though Electronic Media

   • Contemporary writing theory continues to recognize the value of thinking of writing as a process of constructing meaning
     • -modelling the genre -demostrating the process -drafting -editingand publishing

9. Building an Electronic Learning Environment

   • We have seen above how hypermedia, multimedia and communication media are being used to develop specific aspects of L2 learning

10. Learning Materials

    • The packages would include teachers note and lesson plan where necessary and guidance as to the theoretical rationale for each activity
      • The materials could be used as a coherent, self-contained curriculum
        • There would be a balanced coverage of all the macroskills- listening, speaking, reading, writing

11. Pathways for Learning

    • Using hypermedia links, students would be guided through the materials with varying degrees of freedom
      • Flexible progression
        • Well-designed menus and buttons
          • Apart from providing information

12. Interpersonal Communication

    • Facilities would be built in to the site for both synchronous and asynchronous interction between:
      • teacher and individual students
      • teachers and whole class
      • students in other classes/ countries engaged in similar tasks