Practical and accessible, this book comprehensively covers everything you need to know to design, develop, and deliver successful online, blended, and flipped language courses. Grounded in the principles of instructional design and communicative language teaching, this book serves as a compendium of best practices, research, and strategies for creating learner-centered online language instruction that builds students’ proficiency within meaningful cultural contexts. This book addresses important topics such as finding and optimizing online resources and materials, learner engagement, teacher and student satisfaction and connectedness, professional development, and online language assessment. Teaching Language Online features: A step-by-step guide aligned with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages: Learning, Teaching and Assessment, and the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) standards Research-based best practices and tools to implement effective communicative language teaching (CLT) online Strategies and practices that apply equally to world languages and ESL/EFL contexts Key takeaway summaries, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading in every chapter Free, downloadable eResources with further readings and more materials available at www.routledge.com/ 9781138387003 As the demand for language courses in online or blended formats grows, K-16 instructors urgently need resources to effectively transition their teaching online. Designed to help world language instructors, professors, and K-12 language educators regardless of their level of experience with online learning, this book walks through the steps to move from the traditional classroom format to effective, successful online teaching environments.
This new edition of Teaching Languages Online supports the professional development of language educators as they teach all or part of their courses online.
A complete guide to becoming a successful online language teacher This complete guide will take you from zero to your own online business.
This offers a framework for thinking about technologies that allow online communication, for example, forums, chats, real-time platforms as well as virtual worlds and mobile devices, and the practical issues of using them.
"This book creates an innovative knowledge base about teaching during disruptive times in the context of K-20 language learning that is supported with empirical evidence and will serve as a reference for the advancement of research on, and ...
Do you want to start teaching a language online, be your own boss and be able to work from anywhere that has wifi? Do you want to make a difference...
This book provides a framework for synchronous and asynchronous online language teaching.
Teaching Online: A Practical Guide is a practical, concise guide for educators teaching online. This updated edition has been fully revamped and reflects important changes that have occurred since the second edition’s publication.
The book includes strategies on motivation, tailored instruction, interaction, collaboration, monitoring and communication, time and information management, student concerns, and legal and ethical issues.
This book supports language teaching professionals and researchers who are keen to engage in online teaching and learning.
The text offers trainee and practicing teachers, as well as researchers and graduate students, a ready point of access to the wealth of insight and experience accumulated by the authors over a decade of research.