If you’re a language teacher using technology, keep this “Skills Pyramid” in mind … Both technical know-how and pedagogical knowledge are key skills to acquire and nurture in today’s technology-driven education. Skills Pyramid (Hampel & Stickler 2005)
- ICT competence
- Specific technical competence for the software
- Dealing with constraints and possibilities of the medium
- Facilitating communicative competence
- Online socialisation
- Creativity & choice
- Own style
Skills Pyramid (Hampel & Stickler 2005)
Source: Hampel, R. & Stickler, U. (2005). New Skills for new classrooms. Training tutors to teach languages online. In CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). 18 (4). pp. 311 – 326.
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