The key points in this article were the eight learning conditions, what was involved in each learning condition, and how it would look or work in the classroom. Other key points were about "exploring the CALL environment through research". It stated the 6 steps needed to do any type of research and also applied them to CALL and the research behind CALL. It then basically summed it up with the catch all phrase "'more research is needed in this area'".
My reaction to this article is that what was said in it made sense. The eight learning conditions are pertinent to classroom learning. However, I'm not sure how with the actual time given in a normal classroom you would be able to do all eight of those optimal learning enviroment strategies.
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Good, quick summary. I'd like to see a little more here in future reflections. You could add some more on what could be done everyday in classes and what would be an occasional addition. What is the right distribution here? What if you did do this for every class? How would that look?
Dan
Holly, I agree with you that the actual time given in a normal classroom is often not enough to allow the teacher to implement all 8 of the optimal learning environment strategies. I guess the goal would be to try to create the learning conditions as best as possible over time. This would be necessary in my case if I were to work in the future in the same context as in the past: one hour per class per week!
-Sam
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