Events > IATEFL Conference 2004, Liverpool, 16-17 April > page 2
Friday 16 April
Developing people and attending to form: an innovative CALL programme
Kevin Mark, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
- Track: Computer SIG.
- 14.20-15.10.
- Style: Talk.
- Focus: experienced audience; adult teaching.
Report by Geoff Taylor, Computer SIG Committee member
Summary
Kevin introduced Lexispace, a software application which he is developing, linked to ACE, an experimental English language teaching program. Lexispace is a kind of authoring program that can include both text-based and audio-visual materials. Exercises can be developed by teachers, and even by students.
The software is a Filemaker Pro application, and so works on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. A commercial release is planned in the future.
Comments
The software looked extremely promising, and was clearly already achieving positive results in Kevin's teaching context, and had also clearly won over strong support from his teaching colleagues. We welcome a speedy release to the wider public, with guidelines for use, and sample lesson plans or projects.
