CALL in Teachers Training Program Neny Isharyanti GloCALL 2007

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Background Pilot research On-going, action research Comments and suggestions welcome! Perspectives of pre-service student teachers with more on them being a student

Research Questions What are student teachers’ expectations of CALL course? What did they think they learn? What did they think important for being a teacher? What did they think not important for being a teacher? What topics do they want?

The course 14 weeks elective course in Fall semester 2007/2008 Only junior/senior can take it

Subjects 26 students Junior/senior Have done or in the process of taking Teaching Practicum Familiar with computer usage esp. microsoft production tools (intermediate users or above) and use Internet on daily basis

facilities In a computer lab, internet-enabled (30 workstations) Pentium IV, audio, video Internet Connection using LAN (shared with about 2000 other PCs) No installation policy

Methodology Teacher decided on the topics (Volker, 2004, with adaptation) Students filled in pre- and post-course questionnaire Presented in Moodle Forum Analysis on responses Descriptive statistic

Results Expectations What learnt? What is important? What is not important? More topics?

Course Expectations Computer savvy “honestly, I’m a little bit ‘gaptek’…hehe...so I join this class ^_^” (Yustin) Interests in computer “I enrolled this class because it has ‘computer’ in it. I always interested in computer, and want to learn and know everything from a computer’” (Alfaliyan)

Course Expectations Get a better job (teaching or others) “well, over all, I came to this class because that I guess CALL is one of the useful elective I should select that will be considered as my additional value when I apply for a job later on.” (Yulia) Computer to teach English “I enroll this class to learn how to use new technologies, internet, to advance my teaching language skill. I am interested since I often use computer and use internet to learn language. So, I hope someday I could be a person who have an internet web that full of language teaching material.” (Yudea)

Course Expectations Web development “I expect to get new informations about web developing so that I can create my own educated site. ” (Ianita)

Analysis: Course Expectations Economic reasons Computer savvy  get a better job Knowledge on CALL-related teaching skills  get a better job Interest reason Likes computer Social reasons Friends Teacher Fun “cool”

Analysis: Course Expectations Achievement reasons Required course Retaking for good grade Easy class Other reasons Class condition “Free” internet access

What is learnt? Production tools Web development

Analysis: What is learnt? Focus more on (in reversed priority order): practical topics: Production tools Web development Assessment Analytical topics Mailing list lurking activity Web evaluation New emerging technologies

Analysis: What is learnt? Theoretical topics What is CALL Lesson plan

Analysis: Importance topicsimportantnot important assessment14n/a lesson plan101 web development82 production tools7n/a web evaluation71 mailing list lurking activity63 new emerging technologies5n/a what is call21

Analysis: Importance Consistent importance: Assessment Production tools New emerging technologies Quite consistent: Lesson plan (important) Web evaluation (important) What is CALL (not so important) Web development? Mixed feeling… Interests? Coolness?

To sum up… A continuum of topics to learn Practical  analytical  theoretical Importance? Similar Practical  analytical  theoretical Some interests of advancing Web development Flash files creation M-learning Computer games Being a ‘hacker’!

Hmm… Student teachers tend to focus more on things that are applicable and tangible for their teaching What to teach? Cases for including theoretical matters?

Questions/Suggestions? Please do….