The document discusses the rapid growth of online TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) education, highlighting over 1 billion people learning English and the increasing number of students seeking online courses. It outlines advantages of online distance learning, criticisms faced, and the necessary skills for instructors to meet diverse student needs. The author believes in a promising future for online TESOL as technology evolves and urges traditional teachers to adapt to these changes.

1. The future of
online TESOL
Presentation by Beatriz Rodríguez Rivera
rodriguezriverabeatriz@gmail.com

2. Online TESOL

3. English learning around the world
• Over 1 billion people are
currently learning English
worldwide
• 750 million English as a
foreign language
speakers.
• 375 million English as a
second language speakers
According to the British Council in the year 2000

4. ESL or EFL?
 ESL: Speakers use
English on a daily
basis.
 EFL: Speakers use the
English language
ocassionally.

5. How many EFL or ESL students
will study online?
Greater number of online students = Greater need for teachers

6. Advantages of online distance
programs
 Flexibility
 High quality
 Easy access
 Available even in areas
which there may be
limitedTESOL
preparation courses.

7. How will online distance TESOL
instructors be prepared in the
future?

8. Criticism about online
distance TESOL
 “For those of us who love
technology and gadgets it can be
tempting to integrate such
options into our courses just
because they´re there…or
because their neat and we have
became enamored with them”
Henry and Meadow (2008)

9. Number of TESOL programs online

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11. http://www.gradschools.com/programs/esl-tesol/online?page=1
72 results
in 2011
Online
TESOL
search

12. Issues for the future of
Learning Online at a distance
Who will enroll inTESOL courses and
programs online?
Where will they teach?
How many students will seek online
distance courses?
What will their goals be for
professional education?

13. Who will enroll in TESOL
courses and programs online?
 There is no reliable
statistics on the
number of online
distanceTESOL
programs.
 From more than
2500 colleges in the
USA it was learned
that approximately
5.6 million students
were enrolled in at
least one online
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18. To what extend can we
identify contexts, goals,
ages and proficiency for
those English language
learners who seek online
distance courses and
programs of study?

19. • Who will be available for online
distance classes?
• What skills are needed?
• How will distance instruction be
evaluated?

20. Needed skills for instructors
Knowledge about: pedagogy + technology
+learner needs
Skills with curriculum, materials activities and
tests.
Skills in building community.

21. Challenges for TESOL
• Students all over the world demanding
instructional delivery models using innovations
in technology.
• Instructors and administrators: How to meet the
needs of a highly diverse student market.
• Predicting the needs and presenting material in
ways that address the need of very diverse
student groups. (see Garton and Edge for more
information)

22. To what extend are
teacher educators
prepared to meet
the challenge of
teaching in online
distance TESOL?

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24. conclusion
 I believe there is a huge future for online
distance English learning as well as for
online distanceTESOL courses.
 There is a lot being done in English learning
in order to be ahead of new technologies.
 Traditional teachers have the need to
explore new technologies and be prepared
for theTESOL future.

25. Bibliography
England, L. and R. Hall, D. (2012). Online
language teacher education.TESOL
perspectives. NewYork: Routledge, pp.187-
199.