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ICT and language skills: an integrated course

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Ton Koet
Affiliation:
Amsterdam Faculty of Education, The Netherlands

Abstract

Language learning should be enhanced by information and communication technology (ICT). This article describe a foundation-year curriculum for future language teachers. In this curriculum the training in the use of information and communication technology tools was integrated with language learning and language teaching methodology. A learning environment ‘Professional Skills’ is described as well as the database applications ‘Wordbook’ and ‘Reading file’. Data of a summative evaluation are presented.

Type
Selected Papers
Copyright
Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1999

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