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Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi; Giannikas, Christina Nicole – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Despite the critical importance of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Teacher Education (CTE) programmes, L2 practitioners often report that there are not many such onsite/online programmes, and the ones that exist may not directly meet their specific needs. Moreover, there seems to be a lack of systematic evaluation studies of such…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
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Pappa, Giouli; Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi – Research-publishing.net, 2018
"Serious Games [SGs] are applications combining educational content with gameplay by integrating learning objectives into a game-like environment" (Thillainathan & Leimeister, 2014, p. 1). However, they have not been used much in language teacher education and training (Ulicsak, 2010). This paper describes the design of…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Writing
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Pappa, Giouli; Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This paper describes micro-teaching delivery in virtual worlds. Emphasis is placed on examining the effectiveness of Singularity Viewer, an Internet-based Multi-User Virtual Environment (MUVE) as the tool used for assessment of the student teacher performance. The overall goal of this endeavour lies in exploiting the opportunities derived from…
Descriptors: Microteaching, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teacher Education Programs, Masters Programs
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Soulé, María Victoria; Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi – Research-publishing.net, 2019
The present study examines Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) practices in the Cypriot Higher Education (HE) system and their relation to teachers' education in CALL and professional development. It involves 28 second language instructors from public and private universities in the Republic of Cyprus. A survey was designed to assess CALL…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Private Colleges
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Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi – Research-publishing.net, 2017
Most Second Language (L2) Teacher Training Assessment and Testing courses focus on testing. Through the development of a Master of Arts (MA) in a computer assisted language learning module (based on a constructivist and "practise what you preach" approach, entailing that the teachers experience firsthand the assessment types they were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Education
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Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi; Loizides, Fernando – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This article examines the impact of online synchronous tutorials on eight second language (L2) practitioners enrolled in a Master of Arts (MA) in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) L2 Curriculum Development and Evaluation module. The module is delivered asynchronously and synchronously (lecture). To accommodate immediate interaction to the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication