03 January 2013

HNDE Syllabus Year 2 – Semester I - EN 2109: Computer Assisted Language Learning III


EN 2109: Computer Assisted Language Learning III

Working with video
Introduce the idea of using short video clips from websites for creative speaking and writing tasks.

Computer conferencing-network with other students
Transmit information from one computer to another e.g. composition writing: thinking about content, planning how to write

Computer adaptive programs
Expose to programs that have been adapted based on text books which offer lexical and grammatical information at predicted points of difficulty.

Computer adaptive testing
Exposure to standard tests which are computer-based., which help to gauge the test taker’s level as the responses are made. During the early items, right and wrong items are electronically analyzed in order to present later items from a bank of possible items.