1. ICT IN CLASSES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE – INCORPORATING COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING Mgr. Ondřej Polišenský EMA Thematic Conference “Communication: Let's re-define the terms” 29. – 30. 3. 2010

2. What is “CALL”? M. Warschauer (2009): Computer-assisted language learning is a process of acquiring and teaching strategies enhanced by, or based on, the computer technology during interactive lessons of second language.

3. Reasons for Application of CALL Motivation of teachers Motivation of students New context and dimension of a classroom Cross-curricular relations

4. Means of Creating Interactive exercises Software programs Blackboard, Moodle, Nicenet, Hotpotatoes, Corpora HW, independent research, vocabulary E-mail MALL (Mobile-assisted language learning) Mobile phones, laptops, PDAs, MP3 players, Chats Rather unpopular, communication between students, teachers, experts. Can be dangerous.

5. Means of Creating Interactive exercises Social Software – Facebook, Wikis, Blogs Collaboration groups Blending of freetime and school activities Information sharing Teacher-Teacher collaboration http://ondraenglish.blogspot.com Podcasting Creating and posting audio and video files online projects

6. What Should Teachers Consider? Literacy Accessibility Activity Safety Methodology

7. Research Info Questionnaire and case studies in order to uncover possible differences between the usage of CALL school ICT facilities approach of teachers towards CALL in the US and the Czech Republic. Questionnaire 2 case studies

8. Questionnaire Elkhart County, Indiana, USA Zlín and Olomouc regions, Czech Republic Broad profile of participants

9. Differences

10. The most important limitation

11. Case Studies Elkhart County, Indiana, USA Zlín and Olomouc regions, Czech Republic Two subjects as similar as possible Problem of accessibility outside the school Problem of accessibility at school

12. Conclusion Very high popularity Computer literacy and accessibility Social differences School equipment Computer literacy of teachers

13. Thanks for Attention! Based on: Polišenský, O. “ICT in Classes of English Language – Incorporating Computer-assisted Language Learning.” Diploma thesis, Palacký University, 2009.