Liou’s paper (1994) discusses the development of a project of English as a foreign language (EFL) interactive videodisc (IVD) courseware which aims at assisting the training in EFL skills. The article includes description of how the project was completed in discussing design considerations, objective setting, instructional design, implementation; how the IVD courseware can be linked to language classrooms, and how courseware evaluation should be planned accordingly. The writer concludes with a discussion of the implications and useful recommendations for those who are willing to undergo such an enterprise.
Liou suggests the benefits of IVD to language teaching as it provides verbal, non verbal visual support like gestures and facial expressions which I cannot agree more.
The writer addresses that IVD should accommodate media based objectives, solid instructional design, such as good lesson plans while taking language learning theories and pedagogy into account and aims to lead to successful courseware as well as to gain in learning.
I agree on the idea of incorporating IVD courseware in classrooms because it allows individual students’ learning as flexibly as they can. Students can get on their learning through the IVD courseware so that they can learn at their own pace without interfering with or being bothered by others. Unlike average in-class, IVD gives students certain kinds of freedom, plus exploiting students’ different abilities to learning. Through IVD, they can actually learn communicating but not simply learn the language.
This is something not easily be seen in most classrooms in Hong Kong. As an English learner, I learnt English as a language, but not learn to communicate in the language. Schools mostly pay attention to the content of English as a subject, but neglect the importance to incorporate the idea of teaching to communicate in the language. I suppose this paper does give me some insights about the real kind of teaching I would like to bring in classrooms.
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I agree with your comment on the idea of incorporating IVD courseware in teahcing language both in classroom and individuals.Learning from movies or other authentic environment might help student learn how to communicate in real language.I am not sure about Hongkong language learning. in mainland China, language learning focuses on text book and grammar practice. Students felt it boring. I was wondering that IVD courseware can be used into mianland language teaching.
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