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basic concepts

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

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1.

A podcast is

a)

An easy-to-create audio files that can be uploaded to the Internet and to which users can subscribe.

b)

An audio file that requires deep technical skills and complex and expensive equipment

c)

An audio fue that only big broadcasting companies can create

d)

I have no idea

2.

Some factors that have contributed to the popularity of podcasts are (you can choose more than one)

a)

The expansion of broadband and wireless connectivity

b)

The ease and relatively low cost to produce them

c)

The adoption of podcasting by major media broadcasters

d)

The shift towards increasingly mobile devices

3.

Which of the following you think are the benefits of using podcast for education?

a)

To distribute lecture material

b)

To distribute material for review

c)

To distribute the missed information

d)

To empower students by giving them opportunities to create and publish for a real audience

4.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

"podcasting can be used to facilitate recording and distributing news broadcasts, developing brochures, creating or listening to teachers’ notes, recording lectures distributed directly to students’ MP3 players, recording meeting and conference notes, supporting student projects and interviews, and providing oral history archiving and on-demand distribution." (Meng, 2005)

a)

I agree

b)

I disagree

c)

I don't know

5.

Choose the theoretical underpinning of SLA that podcasting has

a)

Output

b)

Feedback

c)

To listen multiple times and edit

d)

To comment on classmates’ recordings

6.

Choose whether you agree or disagree with the following statement:

THERE IS A LINK BETWEEN COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION AND THE ADVENT OF Web 2.0 TOOLS (Lin, 2014)

a)

I agree

b)

I don't agree

c)

I'm not sure

7.

CMC is helpful to develop

a)

listening and reading skills

b)

pronunciation and grammar

c)

writing and speaking skills

d)

any language skill

8.

CMC refers to communication that is

a)

multimodal

b)

Internet-mediated

c)

real-timed

d)

delayed

9.

Write a definition of synchronous and asynchronous modes of communication and provide at least one example for each concept.

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10.

Which of the following can be the benefits of synchronous and asynchronous modes of communication

a)

Enhance linguistic interaction and

b)

Produce a large amount of language output

c)

More talking time per learner, and more amount ofoutput and lexicon

d)

Enable extensive learner-to-learner negotiation

11.

Provide a definition of CALL. Include examples and situations.

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12.

Does the following definition refer to CALL?

The area of technology and second language teaching and learning

a)

Yes, it does

b)

No, it doesn't

c)

I don't know

13.

Do you agree or disagree with this statement "what makes technologies and practices emerging are not specific technologies or practices, but the environments in which particular technologies or practices operate"?

a)

I agree

b)

I don't agree

c)

I'm not sure

14.

According to the definition below, give an example of an emerging technology and an emerging practice.

What makes technologies and practices emerging are not specific technologies or practices, but the environments in which particular technologies or practices operate.

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15.

Take a look at the highlighted part of the image and write your reaction in one sentence.

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16.

The logo on the image is an example of

a)

Online learning

b)

Blended learning

c)

Distance learning

17.

A MOOC is a

a)

Massive Online Open Course

b)

Minimal Online Open Course

c)

Massive Offline Open course

d)

Massive Open Online Course

18.

Take a look at the image and write the concept (s) that you think need a deeper explanation.

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