Last updated on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Effective Use Of Web-Based Applications In Language Teaching
Sunday, June 15, 2008 - Sunday, June 22, 2008
In conjunction with the University of Amsterdam, Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO) and the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey
In this intensive course participants will acquire specific knowledge about Internet applications and resources relevant for foreign language teaching. It will help them create language materials that they can use in their classroom practice.
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Applicant Profile
This course is intended for newly qualified and practising foreign language teachers interested in the possibilities of the Internet for their classroom practice. A basic knowledge of computers is necessary: participants should at least be familiar with Windows platforms and word-processors.
Application
Applicants should submit their completed application form (by post or fax) as soon as possible, but no later than Thursday, May 1, 2008 (for those who are not applying in the framework of the Comenius 2.2 and Grundtvig 3 in-service training grant).
For application deadlines for COMENIUS 2.2/GRUNDTVIG 3 In-Service Training Grants of the European Union, please consult the website of your National Agency.
AMSU Course Name: LANG-2.
Application form
Details
Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008 - Sunday, June 22, 2008.
Application Deadline: Thursday, May 1, 2008 (for those who are not applying in the framework of the Comenius 2.2 and Grundtvig 3 in-service training grant).
Capacity: 25 participants.
Language of Instruction: English.
Location: This course will be held in one of the building equipped with computer rooms of the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey).
Computers: For this course, only the use of Windows computers is supported, there will be no facilities available for Mac users.
Fee: € 745,- (including course materials, welcome drink, access to the cultural evening programme).
Grant: COMENIUS 2.2/GRUNDTVIG 3 In-Service Training Grant of the European Union.
Grant's Course Code: NL-2007-137-3.
Grant's Application Deadline: Please consult the website of your National Agency.
Initiators: ILO - Graduate School of Teaching & Learning, University of Amsterdam (UvA), The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University (AMSU).
Coordination: The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University (AMSU).
Registration: Confirmed participants are expected to register on Sunday, June 15, 2008 at the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey): exact location to be specified.
Course Leaders
Ton (Anton) G.M. Koet (Netherlands) - Teacher Trainer; Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO), University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Ton Koet is a teacher trainer at the Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO), University of Amsterdam (UvA). He is particularly interested in the teaching of pronunciation and in the application of speech technology in language teaching.
Bart Bonamie (Belgium) - Philologue.
Bart Bonamie (Belgium) has an MA in Germanic Philology. After finishing his studies at the University of Ghent, Belgium, he worked at the same university for the Teacher Training Department at first, and later on for the Department of Education, specializing in digital literacy, youth cultures and integration of ICT in English language teaching. He is currently a lecturer of English at the Department of Tourism and Travel Management at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey.
Alessandra Corda (Netherlands) - Coordinator; Faculty of Arts, University of Leiden.
Alessandra Corda holds an MA in Classics and General Linguistics from the Università di Torino (Italy). From 1989 until 1997 she taught Italian at several Dutch institutions, among which the Faculty of Arts at Leiden University. Since 1996 she has been working at this Faculty as coordinator for CALL and ICT in education projects. She is particularly interested in the use of the Internet for foreign language teaching and has published and given seminars on this subject. She has been a tutor for the AMSU courses since 2001 and has worked together with Bart Bonamie, Ton Koet, Willem Verberk and Willy Weijdema.
Willem Verberk (Netherlands) - Consultant in ICT and Languages; Amsterdam Institute of Education.
Accommodation
For this course the AMSU can not arrange for accomodation, but can only give advise about housing, mainly in hotels. Participants should arrange their own accommodation.
Information about hotels
Programme
Sunday, 15 June, 2008
12.00 PM arrival and registration;
05.00 PM Welcome drinks;
07.00 PM Social and cultural programme.
Monday, 16 June, 2008
Morning General technical skills:
— Working with digital resources and web pages;
—Presentation of sites with relevant information for language teachers and with language teaching materials;
01.00 PM Lunch;
Afternoon
— Introduction to collaborative software (e.g. blogs, wikis);
— Developing a task with web-based materials;
06.00 PM Social and cultural programme.
Tuesday, 17 June, 2008
Morning
— Introduction to digital audio and video;
01.00 PM Lunch;
Afternoon
— Introduction to audio editing software;
— Developing a task with digital audio;
06.00 PM Social and cultural programme.
Wednesday, 18 June, 2008
Morning
— Introduction to freeware web-based software for interactive language exercises;
01.00 PM Lunch;
Afternoon
— Developing interactive exercises;
06.00 PM Social and cultural programme.
Thursday, 19 June, 2008
Morning
— Design and develop tasks and activities using the acquired technical skills;
01.00 PM Lunch;
Afternoon
— Design and develop tasks and activities using the acquired technical skills;
— Introduction to synchronous communication software;
07.00 PM Course Dinner.
Friday, 20 June, 2008
Morning
— Finalizing the tasks and activities;
01.00 PM Lunch;
Afternoon
— Presentation of the activities to the group;
— Seminar wrap-up and evaluation;
06.00 PM Social and cultural programme.
Saturday, 21 June, 2008
10.00 AM Social and cultural programme.
Sunday, 22 June, 2008
12.00 AM departure.
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