This is a PowerPoint created by Dr. Tony Becker in relation to CALL and reading and vocabulary

1. Announcements
• Software demonstration (Hui)
• Evaluation checklist due 10/5
• Review of software due 10/19
• Website design plan due 10/28

2. Reading & Vocabulary

3. Review (Loucky, 2010)
1. Attending to and Assessing important words
2. Accessing word forms, meanings and usages
3. Archiving
4. Analyzing
5. Anchoring
6. Activating
7. Reviewing/Recycling
8. Re-assessing
9. Re-learning (by Re-meeting & Repeated encounters)

4. Application
• Which of the CALL tools/websites or which types of
tools mentioned in Loucky (2010) do you think would
be useful in language learning?
• What practical concerns would need to be addressed
when considering teaching vocabulary with technology?

5. L2 Reading + Technology
• Infinite readings available (and
sortable/searchable)
• High interest, relevant reading;
personalization of reading materials
• Shared reading materials for discussion
• Interactive reading (discussions, blogs,
commenting)
• Tools to aid in comprehension

6. Tools for L2 Reading
• Tutorials/reading aids
• Corpora
• Dictionaries (external, pop-up)
• Text archives (e.g., Gutenberg Project*;
ReadingEnglish.net)
• Sites for news, hobbies, etc.
• Reading aggregators (e.g., RSS, Twitter)

7. Reading Aids
• Tutorial software – not common anymore,
but still available
• Supplementary tools – readers can use
these alongside reading activities
• Use Google Drawing for graphic organizers
• Have learners vote on/compare ideas using surveys
(Kahoot)
• Provide discussion questions/discussion community as
learners read (e.g., blog, thread, Twitter)

8. Corpora
• Use corpora for vocabulary (create lots of
examples with KWICs)
• Teachers can use concordance program to
find frequent vocabulary or word clusters
for specific texts
• Helps researchers design better word lists
(see Miller, 2012)

10. Dictionaries
• External dictionaries
• Easily available, free, audio/video/images of words
• Monolingual, learner, bilingual/translation
• [Multimedia] glosses (e.g., Gloss Maker*)
• Diverse in format and use (e.g., Lingro.com*; Lex Tutor*)
• Embedded/internal dictionaries
• Plug-ins for browsers (e.g., One Click Popup Dictionary for
Firefox, Google Dictionary for Chrome)
• Consulted more frequently than external types (Chun, 2001)

11. Text Archives
• Any literature out of copyright available
online for free.
• Much of it is available as audio as well
(e.g., The Internet Archive*)
• Some tailored to ESL learners (e.g.,
ReadingEnglish.net*)

12. News, Hobbies, Enthusiast Press
• What websites/news feeds do you regularly
read?

13. RSS Feeds / Aggregators
• A feed of news stories that…
• Takes from multiple stories that you choose;
• Can be selected around a theme/topic/type of sourse;
• Gives you a preview of multiple stories at once (e.g.,
headline + image)
• You can create a shared login or have
students follow certain sources:
• Example: Pulse*, Flipboard*

14. Let’s try it out…
• Sign up for…
• Pulse (pulse.me) OR
• Flipboard (requires tablet/smartphone)
• Create a reading list based on your own
interests or what you think might be good
for teaching.

15. Let’s try it out…
• Sign up for…
• Pulse (pulse.me) OR
• Flipboard (requires tablet/smartphone)
• Create a reading list based on your own
interests or what you think might be good
for teaching.
• What, if any, are some pedagogical
possibilities here?

16. Any Questions?