Exploring Silences in the Field of Computer Assisted Language Learning

This book is an attempt to pay deliberate attention to some silences on issues of social, cultural, and political importance that have remained unattended in the field of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Using an analytical framework developed by the French philosopher and cultural theorist Michel de Certeau, the author demonstrates how silences can actively shape the boundaries of a scholarly field. He argues that a geography of the forgotten in the field of CALL undermines the transformative and social justice potential of language teaching by using digital technologies. The book will appeal to graduate students, teacher educators, and academic researchers who are looking for fresh perspectives and innovative ideas for integrating technologies into the curriculum and pedagogy of language education.

Expands the boundaries of Computer Assisted Language Learning beyond the teaching of the four skills Sheds light on blank spots in CALL, following a method of silence analysis inspired by Michel de Certeau Presents innovative ideas for integrating digital tools into language curriculum and pedagogy

Autorentext

Anwar Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at York University in Toronto, Canada.

Klappentext

This book is an attempt to pay deliberate attention to some silences on issues of social, cultural, and political importance that have remained unattended in the field of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Using an analytical framework developed by the French philosopher and cultural theorist Michel de Certeau, the author demonstrates how silences can actively shape the boundaries of a scholarly field. He argues that a "geography of the forgotten" in the field of CALL undermines the transformative and social justice potential of language teaching by using digital technologies. The book will appeal to graduate students, teacher educators, and academic researchers who are looking for fresh perspectives and innovative ideas for integrating technologies into the curriculum and pedagogy of language education.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction: A geography of the forgotten in CALL.- Chapter 2: Technological determinism versus teacher agency.- Chapter 3: Blue sky utopia versus commercial motives: A critical theory of technology for CALL.- Chapter 4: Gender and technology: A continued negligence.- Chapter 5: How technological-pedagogical knowledge travels: An uncharted cartography.- Chapter 6: Questioning the promise of temporal flexibility in CALL.- Chapter 7: Unfulfilled promises of democratic politics and the echo chambers of social media.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Toward a critical and cultural hermeneutics of technology.