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Cognitive Skills through CALL-Enhanced Teacher Training

Cognitive Skills through CALL-Enhanced Teacher Training

Jane Vinther
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781613500651|ISBN10: 1613500653|EISBN13: 9781613500668
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-065-1.ch008
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Vinther, Jane. "Cognitive Skills through CALL-Enhanced Teacher Training." Computer-Enhanced and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: Emerging Issues and Trends, edited by Felicia Zhang, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 158-187. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-065-1.ch008

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Vinther, J. (2012). Cognitive Skills through CALL-Enhanced Teacher Training. In F. Zhang (Ed.), Computer-Enhanced and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: Emerging Issues and Trends (pp. 158-187). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-065-1.ch008

Chicago

Vinther, Jane. "Cognitive Skills through CALL-Enhanced Teacher Training." In Computer-Enhanced and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: Emerging Issues and Trends, edited by Felicia Zhang, 158-187. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-065-1.ch008

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Abstract

The efficacy of computer-based activities that can incorporate grammar as well as language acquisition is at the centre of debates in CALL and SLA. The concern for this chapter is the integration of CALL in the language classroom in a blended learning environment that includes the acquisition of grammatical content and its effect on language acquisition at a level where the learners are proficient users and communicators. The courseware under investigation was shown to be an effective learning tool for the metalinguistic curriculum and the acquisition of particular English structures, such as tenses and adverbials, but not for morphology. The results give grounds for the conclusion that, if the courseware invites students to apply cognitive skills (rather than mere drills), there will be an effect on language acquisition through the knowledge of grammar.

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