LPM Saarland Webinar 21 November

1. Interactive Teaching in
Languages with Technologies
Shona Whyte, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
Ton Koenraad, TELL Consult, Netherlands

2. Before we begin: quick survey (fill out now)
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4. Presentation outline
1. Interactive technologies
• IWB resources + examples
2. From technology to teaching
• task-based language teaching
3. Interactive teaching
• Mobile technologies
• Video communication

5. iTILT (Interactive Technology in Language Teaching)
EACEA Lifelong Learning: 511751-LLP-1-2010-1-BE-KA2-KA2MP
January 2011 - April l 2013
Consortium of 7 European universities and institutes (Antwerp, Barcelona, Bilkent,
Cardiff, Heidelberg, Nice & Utrecht)
Teaching foreign languages with interactive whiteboards
workshops on the IWB for language teaching
• edited volume on classroom CALL: Cutrim Schmid & Whyte (2014).
Teaching languages with technology. Bloomsbury.
• research monograph on
Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language
Teaching: Whyte, 2015, Palgrave

6. the iTILT story … 2010
• integration of new
technology: IWB (2010)
• support for teacher
integration of IWB in
language education
• document and research
the process: classroom
video clips, participant
feedback
• creation of teacher
education resource:
website with handbook,
practice reports, partner
selection

8. interactive technologies (IWB)
learning to teach languages with the IWB

9. Resources for IWB-mediated
language teaching
http://www.itilt.eu/itilt-
training-handbook
http://www.itilt.eu/quick-
search
Video examples =>

10. Library: partner clip selection
http://www.itilt.eu/node/649

11. Videos 1, 2 & 7

12. Watch and analyse: videos
¤ Example 1 - Magic
schoolbag -
http://itilt.eu/iwb-practice?
id=441
¤ Example 2 - Listening for
error correction
http://itilt.eu/iwb-practice?
id=401
¤ Example 7 - Drag and drop
for split headlines
http://itilt.eu/iwb-practice?
id=298
¤ What interactivity does the
technology provide that is
otherwise more difficult or
impossible?
¤ Who contributed to the
teaching/learning
materials? Who is
controlling the technology,
teacher or learners?
¤ What can we conclude
about language learning
opportunities in this clip?

13. Watch and analyse: responses
¤ Example 1 - Magic schoolbag
First name A through H
https://padlet.com/whyshona/
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¤ Example 2 - Listening for error
correction
First name I through P
https://padlet.com/whyshona/
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¤ Example 7 - Drag and drop for
split headlines
First name Q through Z
https://padlet.com/whyshona/
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¤ What interactivity does the
technology provide that is
otherwise more difficult or
impossible?
¤ Who contributed to the
teaching/learning materials?
Who is controlling the
technology, teacher or learners?
¤ What can we conclude about
language learning opportunities
in this clip?
¤ Look at 2 minutes of all 3 clips,
post on your assigned padlet,
read other responses

14. IWB-mediated
language
teaching
Bloomsbury, 2014
Cutrim Schmid & Whyte
- edited volume
- introduction to CLT and TBLT
in technology-mediated
language teaching
- action research by iTILT
partners
Reviews of book

15. Task-based language teaching
in technology-mediated language teaching

21. interactive teaching
different technologies

22.
Erasmus+ 2014-1-UK01-KA200-001821
(Sept 2014 -August 2017)
Consortium of 6 European universities and institutes (Belgium, France,
Germany, Netherlands, Turkey, Wales)
Interactive language teaching with technologies.
iTILT 2 website
Interaction in language teaching with technologies, Nice workshop,
January 2016
iTILT (Interactive Teaching in Languages with
Technology)

23. iTILT 2: interactive TEACHING in
languages with technology
1. Video exchange
2. Video report
3. Live
videocommunication
TBLT?
• meaning not form
• information gap
• own resources
• outcome

24. Primary video exchange project
Clip 1
https://vimeo.com/192448361
iTILT2_2016
TBLT?
• meaning not form
• information gap
• own resources
• outcome

25. Video report
Clip 2
https://vimeo.com/192120415
iTILT2_2016
TBLT?
• meaning not form
• information gap
• own resources
• outcome

26. Live communication
Clip 3
https://vimeo.com/192124239
iTILT2_2016
TBLT?
• meaning not form
• information gap
• own resources
• outcome

27. collaboration
for interactive
teaching
• materials design criteria
wp.me/p28EmH-e
• Palgrave-Macmillan 2015
Implementing and
researching technological
innovation in language
teaching
• communities of practice in
CALL teacher education
wp.me/p28EmH-7s

28. Workshop summary
First iTILT Project:
interactive TECHNOLOGIES (IWB)
IWB materials
Practice examples
Technology training
Second iTILT Project:
interactive TEACHING & TBLT
Mobile technologies
Videoconferencing
Pedagogical development
http://www.itilt2.eu