Teaching Languages with Technology: Communicative Approaches to Interactive Whiteboard Use(Advances in Digital Language Learning and Teaching)

This book draws on theories of second language acquisition (SLA) to illustrate how interactive white board technology can be exploited to support language acquisition. It examines interaction, collaboration and negotiation of meaning and focus on form in the communicative language classroom in primary, secondary and vocational schools. In recent years new technologies have been incorporated into second and foreign language education as tools for implementing teaching methodologies. IWBs have established their role in the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and are an effective and inspiring tool which motivates both teachers and learners. Although the number of IWBs in classrooms has rapidly increased over the past decade in many parts of the world, teacher training materials and pedagogical support for the design, evaluation and implementation of IWB-based materials in the foreign language classroom has not kept pace. Research also shows that language teachers do not always use IWBs in pedagogically sound ways. There is a real need for the development of training models and examples of good practice which can support teachers in developing the necessary competencies for exploiting the IWB in ways consistent with current theories of language teaching pedagogy.This book provides that best practice and gives a full account of in-depth research in an accessible manner.

Table of Contents:
Notes on Contributors Editorial Advisory Board Foreword - Interactive Whiteboards: against the odds? Jozef Colpaert Introduction - Theory and practice in second language teaching with interactive technologies, Shona Whyte Part 1: Case Studies 1. IWB in Language Education for learners with special educational needs: learning Welsh at primary school, Emily Hillier & Gary Beauchamp 2. A task-based approach to videoconferencing with the IWB: a French-German primary EFL class exchange, Shona Whyte & Euline Cutrim Schmid 3. Digital Storytelling in the primary EFL classroom, Anika Kegenhof 4. The IWB in the CLIL classroom: using visuals to foster active learning with young beginners, Helene Sailer, Euline Cutrim Schmid & Ton Koenraad 5. Using the IWB to support gamification in order to enhance writing fluency in the secondary language classroom, Graham Stanley 6. Exploring IWB use for language instruction in Turkish higher education settings, Serkan Çelik 7. Academic teacher training and the IWB: coaching pre-service teachers in Belgium, Margret Oberhofer, Mathea Simons & Tom Smits Part 2: Final Recommendations 8. Ongoing professional development in IWB-mediated language teaching: evening up the odds, Euline Cutrim Schmid & Shona Whyte Part 3: Glossary Index

About the Author :
Euline Cutrim Schmid is Professor of TEFL and Applied Linguistics at the University of Education Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany. Shona Whyte is Associate Professor of English at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France.

Review :
Given the controversies which continue to surround our understanding of how to use the Interactive whiteboard (IWB), I warmly welcome the publication of this important new resource book. It successfully combines theory and practice, drawing on the research while at the same time providing practical insights for language teachers on getting the most out of this powerful tool. The cases studies cover a range of contexts, and crucially inform practitioners on maximising the potential of the IWB, and describe how to use it in communicative ways. -- Pete Sharma, Lecturer in EAP (Pre-sessional courses), Warwick University, UK