Technology Resources for CALL Teachers

The original source of this material was a presentation for TESOL 2000, Vancouver, British Columbia on Creating a Computer Classroom or Lab. That discussion session was led by Ron Long, Central Missouri State University; Steve McGuire, Nagoya University of Arts in Nagoya, Japan; and John Avery, Green River Community College in Auburn, Washington. The list of resources has been updated for a discussion group led by John Avery at TESOL 2004 in Long Beach, California. 

Designing a CALL Lab    Teacher Training    Books    Electronic Journals    Listserves    Organizations

CALL LAB RESOURCES

Planning a Language Resource Center
http://edvista.com/claire/labplan.htm
This site has many great links on the following topics: advice for lab planning; faculty Surveys; managing labs; descriptions and photos of other labs; floor plans.

A Web Resource for CALL Lab Managers and for Teachers and Learners of Languages Online (Vance Stevens)
http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/esl_home.htm
A very practical collection of information by a long-time CALL enthusiast.

Networks for Beginners
http://www.rad.com/networks/1997/nettut/mainmenu.html
A valuable collection of information about networking computers

Ohio ESL: Language Teacher Resources (John McVicker) - See the Technology Section for information on labs.
http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/index.html
A very practical collection of information by a long-time CALL enthusiast.

Oregon State University, English Language Institute - Technology Tip of the Month (Deborah Healey)
http://osu.orst.edu/dept/eli/techtip.html
A monthly tip from the famous Deborah Healey at Oregon State.

TESOL CALL Interest Section Software List  - (Deborah Healy and Norm Johnson)
http://www.orst.edu/dept/eli/softlist/
An important collection of CALL Software maintained by two CALL enthusiasts for the CALL-IS of TESOL.

The Virtual CALL Library
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/CALL.html
A wide ranging collection of CALL information for teaching many different languages.

Teacher Training

Internet training through Element K, an internet-based training site.  

Books

Egbert, J. & E. Hanson-Smith (Eds.) (1999). CALL Environments: Research, Practice, and Critical Issues. Alexandria: TESOL.

Healey, Deborah. (1994) Something to Do on Tuesday. Houston, TX: Athelstan.

Electronic Journals

Internet TESL Journal
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/
The Internet TESL Journal is a monthly web magazine for teachers of English as a second language. It includes lesson plans, classroom handouts, and links of interest to ESL.

Language Learning & Technology
http://llt.msu.edu/  
One of the premiere on-line professional journals for CALL.

The Language Teacher Online: The Japan Association for Language Teaching
http://jalt-publications.org/tlt/
This site contains excerpts from The Language Teacher, the monthly publication of the Japan Association for Language Teaching.

CALL Listserves

Language Learning Technology International Discussion Forum
http://schiller.dartmouth.edu/llti/
To learn more about this listserv see this homepage.

TESLCA-L
http://www.lsoft.com/SCRIPTS/WL.EXE?SL1=TESLCA-L&H=CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
A branch of TESL-L devoted to CALL issues

NETEACH  http://www.ilc.cuhk.edu.hk/english/neteach/main.html
NETEACH-L, is an on-line forum through which international EFL/ESL teachers can discuss issues related to using technology as an educational tool.

NIFL-Technology  http://www.nifl.gov/nifl-technology/subscribe-technology.html
A listserve run by the National Institute for Literacy that is particularly useful for teachers of adult ESL students.