|
| |
| When we study any subject, we must endeavor to understand what the answers mean. And
there are many answers to be had. There are many references
on the WEB about the subject, but these are comments about answers that I think are
worth sharing. Here are pointers to object lessons about what we read and find. |
 | The theoretical considerations underlying the "one-right-answer"
structure in the delivery mechanism were as follows: "one-right-answer" might be
perfectly acceptable for certain kinds of learning, and if not learning, then for certain
kinds of training, specifically, highly structured and optimized procedural knowledge,
like learning to tie a tourniquet. Adult language learning was not perceived as fitting
those categories. "One-right-answer" was felt to distort the realities of
language learning as these teachers were convinced it occurred in practice.3 Multiple
possible right answers at one blow asserted the premise that language was constructively
redundant and rejected the thesis that a human language was a one-on-one mapping of one
language on another, or the one-on-one encoding of one code in another. One layer lower,
rejection of a "one-right-answer" structure denied any known language the
privilege of being the "real" language, of having the power of accurate,
precise, or "true" one-on-one encoding of "reality." |
|
- The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium at Duke
University
Durham, NC 27708
Email: info@calico.org * Web: www.calico.org
- Professional
Development Rosetta Stone
- This page is intended to help educators with the time trap. One answer is to use the
power of the Internet to get information, make connections with other educators, and
examine new ideas.
-
- A Language Professional's
Guide to the World Wide Web by Carolyn G. Fidelman
- CALICO Journal, Volume 13 no.s 2 & 3
- Northeastern University and Agora Language Marketplace
| ABSTRACT The World Wide Web has recently become a household word,
but what does it have to offer those in the language teaching and research fields? This
article explains how the Web helps nontechnical users access on-line data without having
to learn complicated commands or have extensive backgrounds in Internet technology. This
new "point-and-click" way of getting all that the Internet has to offer may be
the long-sought "killer application" of the information superhighway. Just as
spreadsheets and word processing brought the personal computer into our lives, so too will
the Web and its browser software, such as Netscape Navigatortm or NCSA Mosaic, make the
Internet as user-friendly as our local library. This article takes the reader through some
Web sites of interest to language professionals, examines copyright constraints on using
Web data, discusses how to get set up for Webbing, and explains how to create individual
Web documents. |
 
Disclaimer: We do not hold any responsibility or creative control over
the contents of the web sites and documents referenced by our links. They solely express the
opinions of their respective authors and not Ugenie PCS. Items and information are
provided as links because they appear to have relevant content to topics presented on our
web site(s). Ugenie PCS does not continually verify the truthfulness or locations
of their contents. Ugenie PCS does not endorse, recommend, or guarantee any particular software.
Software and other items on these pages are provided as a service only and maybe copyrighted by their respective owners. Requests for
additions to, or removal from, this or other pages should be sent to Content
Management@CezWright.com.
Additionally
Last Edit: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:53 AM -0400
|
