One of the challenges of a
project like ITILT, where
language teachers work with
researchers to create effective
tasks for their learners, is to
pass on what we have learned in
ITILT to a wider audience</>. To
be sure, our video resources are
a rich resource for teachers
looking for ideas, tools, and
resources to use in task-based
approaches to language teaching
with technology. They can watch
videos of actual classroom
practice, accompanied by
explanations and insights from
teachers and learners which will
help viewers understand how
and why tasks were conceived and
implemented. The website is
also helpful for teacher
educators, who can use these
videos to train teachers who
are new to this approach or
these technologies. But as we
worked on the design and
implementation of activities
with our project teachers, our
collaboration also threw up
other interesting ideas and
opportunities that seem
worth preserving beyond the
lifetime of the project.
These can be grouped under
three broad areas of
technology-mediated language
education: digital resources
that can be used directly with
language learners, digital
tools and applications that
can be used to promote language
learning, and digital
networks which can support
language teacher development.