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>Subject: Re: #7534 Survey on professional training in CALL
>Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 15:03:07 +0000
This survey is for ESL/EFL professionals, right? It would be interesting to
have a survey like this for foreign language professionals as well.
Ingrid Berdahl
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> >Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 23:48:34 +0900
> >From: Thomas Robb <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Survey on professional training in CALL
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> Dear LLTI subscribers,
>
> While many teacher training programs have a required component on
> implementing technology, I've been wondering about how much such
> courses really help us learn the nitty-gritty of implementing aspects
> of CALL in our language teaching. It seems to me that a considerable
> deal of our knowledge is gained through trial and error, or through
> interactions with our colleagues locally, at conferences and online.
> This is particularly true for those of us who went through school
> before computers or the Internet were a major tool for language
> learning.
>
> I have decided to attempt a survey to try to document some of my
> hunches in this regard and hopefully, with your cooperation, I will
> be able to gather sufficient information to publish a decent article
> on the topic.
>
> The survey is available at the following URL:
>
> http://www.langconcepts.net/proftraining.html
>
> It asks, via pulldown menus, for you to state which of a set of 15
> 'representative' skills you possess (such as using Powerpoint.
> creating web pages, setting up a local network, etc.) and how you
> obtained your current level of skill. It also asks some general
> questions about what sort of CALL activities you use, so that they
> can be related to the skills you report having.
>
> The survey itself is anonymous, but you can leave your name and
> e-mail address if you would like to receive a copy of the final
> results.
>
> I'd also be interested in hearing in this forum whatever reactions
> you might have to my basic premise!
>
> So far I have received a little over 100 responses. Just to whet
> your appetite, here are the statistics so far on which skills the
> respondents stated that they have at least a basic competency in.
>
>
> MSW 100%
> PowerPoint 91%
> Setting Up Email 89%
> Setting up Internet access 89%
> Excel 80%
> HTML Editor 78%
> Uploading 74%
> Chat 67%
> HTML Manually 61%
> Hot Potatoes 59%
> Authoring Programs 57%
> Network set-up 34%
> Javascripting 28%
> Flash 25%
> Server set-up 19%
>
> I look forward to receiving your 'input'!
>
> Cheers,
> Tom
>
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> ** Thomas Robb, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan **
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