Module manager: Dr Huahui Zhao
Email: H.Zhao1@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
An interest in language teaching and the use of digital technology in education, but no experience required.
| EDUC3030 | Lang Learn Tech & Materials |
EDUC 3030 Language learning technology and materials
This module is approved as a discovery module
Are you thinking about language teaching at some point in your career? Want to keep up with the latest in theory and practice in technology-enhanced language learning (TELL)? Want to learn how to make materials and activities motivating and interesting? In this module we look at the use of ICTs in language teaching and learning. You will have the opportunity to gain practical experience of designing language learning lessons, activities and materials that make use of ICTs. You will experience a variety of digital tools for language learning and teaching. The module is taught in weekly, 2-hour sessions throughout semester 2. Sessions are hands-on, with demonstrations of particular uses of technology for language learning. The assessment asks you to design a lesson and/or some materials using digital technology for language learning, and to write an assignment in which you discuss your rationale for designing the lesson/materials and how they would promote learning. There are no pre-requisites for the module other than an interest in language education and digital technology.
On completion of this module, students should:
- have developed their knowledge and understanding of how digital technologies may be used to support language learning, teaching and assessment
- have developed their knowledge of a range of technology-based materials and tools available to classroom language teachers, in terms of design, preparation, selection and evaluation
- have developed a basic understanding of contexts in which TELL is located including informal as well as formal learning contexts
1. Students will gain knowledge (to an extent appropriate for those at the beginning of a career) about theoretical perspectives underpinning the use of technology for language learning and teaching.
2. They will also gain knowledge of a range of digital tools that may be used to support language learning and teaching.
Applications of digital technology in language learning contexts
Planning teaching
Digital literacy
Technology and academic literacy
Audio for language learning
Photography and visual images in language learning
Mobile & Wireless Language Learning
Social media and language education
Storytelling for language learning
Games
Corpora and concordancing for language learning
Planning and assessing learning opportunities using digital technology
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Seminar | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Tutorial | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Private study hours | 175 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 25 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Reading in preparation for lectures / sessions
Activities in preparation for lectures / sessions
Post-session consolidation, reading and discussion board activities
Assignment presentation preparation
Assignment tutorial preparation
Assignment preparation and writing
Tutors will conduct formative assessment and monitoring student progress throughout the module by
• Monitoring contribution to lectures, during lectures (ongoing classroom formative assessment)
• Informally assessing contribution to assignment tutorials
• Noting and assessing participation in discussion board activities
• Evaluating the contributions to the assignment presentation seminar and the group assignment tutorial
Students whose participation, progress and engagement raise concerns will be invited to attend an extra individual tutorial.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Essay | 2500 words | 50 |
| Portfolio | Lesson plan and materials equivalent to 1500 words | 50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 5/22/2024
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