Simple Technology for Language Classrooms edited by Yustinus C. G. Mali

Integrating Technology in Classrooms : We

Authenticity in Our Language Classrooms

In order to help our students learn English more effectively, we teachers of English need to place an equal emphasis both on designing suitable teaching materials and making use of effective teaching methodologies. Of the two types of teaching materials; namely authentic and non-authentic materials that are being used nowadays in schools and universities in most EFL countries, the use of the fo...

Assessment for/as Learning in Hong Kong English Language Classrooms: A Review

Multiple conceptualizations of the interrelation between assessment and learning yield three notions of assessment: assessment of learning, assessment for learning, and assessment as learning. This paper aims at uncovering roles and obstacles of assessment for learning and assessment as learning in English language classrooms in Hong Kong. Grounded upon the theory of constructivism and the noti...

ON SOME SIMPLE BLOCKING APPROXIMATIONS FOR THE G/G/c QUEUE

An appropriate model for the investigation of the call scale traffic in B-ISDN is the G/G/c loss system. The exact evaluation of this system is complicated and even for the subclass of phase-type renewal arrival processes is limited to rather small system sizes. In this paper we consider two simple approximations. Both are based on matching the mean and variance of the occupancy distribution, a...

Language Teaching and Technology Forum the Integration of a Student Response System in Flipped Classrooms

The present study incorporates a student response system (SRS) as a means to engage students in a flipped classroom and promote active learning. While the effectiveness of such systems with regard to student learning has been well documented in disciplines that are dominated by lecture-based instruction, no studies have compared the effectiveness of SRSintegrated flipped classrooms in English l...