Teaching English as a Foreign Language Online
Posted in Learner Skills, Learning Styles, Using Blogs in EFL on Dec 31st, 2008
Alan Clarke (E-Learning Skills, 2004, p. 26) made my day today when I read this E-learning does not provide an event at which you are required to take notes. All the content is presented in a form you could save as a file or print out. It would seem that you can capture everything. However, [...]
Posted in Educational Technology, EFL/ESL CD-ROMs, Instructional Design, interactive CD-ROMs, language learning e-tivities, Learning Language Teaching, Learning Styles on Dec 27th, 2008
Piaget (1964) cited by E. L. Criswell (1989, pp. 35-36) developed the theory that children grow intellectually in stages: From years 0 to 2, children explore their tiny environments, and through physical exploration, learn that objects exist and do not change from day to day. This is the sensorimotor stage. This is a period of [...]
Posted in Collaborative Learning, Learning Styles, Testing and Assessment on Nov 1st, 2008
Here is a summary of Keng-Soon Soo’s article “Theory and Research: Learning Styles, Motivation, and the CALL Classroom”, published in Call Environments: Research, Practice and Critical Issues (1999) edited by Egbert & Hanson-Smith (There is a newer 2007 edition of this text available) Learning style refers to how students approach learning, not to how well [...]
