Week 4: Training to succeed with technology.

The use of technology has become increasingly important in language teaching and learning. The successful use of technology, however, requires that language teachers have the necessary technical competence and pedagogical knowledge under to take advantage of how they are going to apply this sources in the educational field.

What surprised me about this article and really make me want to read more is that  teacher training programs have emphasized the importance of equipping teachers with the necessary skills and expertise to develop CALL materials. But, why is this so important? we need to remember that with technology, teachers play the role as facilitators, that must in many ways know and be aware of a variety of material available for improving their language skills and more important teacher learned how to use the material effectively.

The integration of technology is seen as an important goal for students and teachers. Like for example in the article is mention that  students now meet in a computer lab for each class period, thereby minimizing the barrier between class and CALL. Another example is podcasts, that  could be used as a supplement to textbook materials, and as authentic listening material, so in this way  students gain and acquire information on specific aspects of the language such as idiomatic expressions or grammatical constructions, and besides that, as a way for students to communicate with each other in other countries, like a real-time communication. 

Thus, it is the responsibility of those who are in well-equipped to demonstrate that CALL can be integrated into study programs with the necessary technical competence and pedagogical knowledge to train teachers in order to provide quality and efficient integration of technology to educational field.