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Cinderella's coach or just another pumpkin? Information communication technologies and the continuing marginalisation of languages in Australian schools

Australian review of applied linguistics, 2014-01, Vol.37 (1), p.43-61 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 0155-0640 ;EISSN: 1833-7139 ;DOI: 10.1075/aral.37.1.03nor ;CODEN: ARALDL

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  • Title:
    Cinderella's coach or just another pumpkin? Information communication technologies and the continuing marginalisation of languages in Australian schools
  • Author: Norris, Lindy ; Coutas, Penelope
  • Subjects: Australia ; Case Studies ; Computer assisted language learning ; Critical Theory ; Educational Technology ; Focus Groups ; Foreign Countries ; Globalisation ; Government schools ; ICT in education ; Information Technology ; Language Teachers ; Observation ; Professional Isolation ; Qualitative Research ; Second Language Instruction ; Second Language Learning ; Second language teaching ; Secondary education ; Secondary School Students ; Secondary school teachers ; Secondary schools ; Semi Structured Interviews ; Social constructivism ; Student Attitudes ; Teacher Attitudes ; Teaching Methods
  • Is Part Of: Australian review of applied linguistics, 2014-01, Vol.37 (1), p.43-61
  • Description: The rhetoric around global connectedness and advances in information communication technologies (ICTs) suggests that: professional life for the marginalised and isolated language teacher should be easier; the experience of language learners in Australian schools should be more meaningful and bring them closer to the languages and communities that they are studying; and collectively this should be empowering for students and teachers and, in turn, empower the languages learning area with respect to its status and place within the curriculum. This article examines these assumptions through a qualitative multiple case study investigation of the use of information communication technologies (ICTs) in secondary school language classes. All the case study sites were government public schools in a single Australian educational jurisdiction - three in metropolitan areas and one in a rural community. All schools were 'technology enhanced' by virtue of the fact that they had been involved in a Departmental initiative that provided extra ICT support to schools. The study explores the perceptions and experiences of early adolescent language learners and those of their teachers. It also identifies and examines a range of contextual factors that both complicate and nuance the technology and languages learning nexus. The findings of the study question the assumption of 'automaticity' associated with ICTs and an enhanced/improved language learning experience for all those involved. It finds that experience with technologies can impact negatively on both learners and teachers. This, in turn, can have an adverse influence on perceptions about languages and their status in schools. At a time when schools are investing heavily in information communication technologies, and when they are having to manage the introduction of the Australian Curriculum: Languages, the findings of this study serve to highlight the place of the 'critical' in terms of languages in Australian schools. [Author abstract, ed]
  • Publisher: Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0155-0640
    EISSN: 1833-7139
    DOI: 10.1075/aral.37.1.03nor
    CODEN: ARALDL
  • Source: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
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