Open AccessChanging teachers’ attitudes towards ICT-based language learning tasks: the ETALAGE Comenius project (the Portuguese case)
Author(s) -
António Manuel Bernardo Lopes
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eurocall newsletter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1695-2618
DOI - 10.4995/eurocall.2012.16199
Subject(s) - portuguese , information and communications technology , language education , computer science , foreign language , language acquisition , teacher education , mathematics education , pedagogy , psychology , world wide web , linguistics , philosophy
Many foreign and second language teachers are reluctant about shifting from traditional language instruction to TBLT. Another challenge has been the use of ICT in the classroom, a problem addressed in previous Comenius projects. The ETALAGE project aimed to build on the achievements of such projects and to address these challenges, by collecting, re-designing, adapting and disseminating samples of good practice of ICT-based language learning tasks (A1-B2 CEF levels) in primary and secondary education. Partners produced in-service teacher training courses adjusted to local needs. Independent experts in language teaching monitored the quality of the products at a national level. This paper explains the project setup and its implementation in Portugal, describing a) the specific challenges and constraints that the local reality poses to an international project like this and; b) the perceptions of the Portuguese trainees in pre- and post-course surveys concerning the use of ICT in TBLT.