CALL Pedagogical Training

Abstract

The sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for schools and universities to solve numerous pedagogical issues. These educational institutions have to find new solutions to these issues through online learning. Teachers must work out efficient and effective methods and activities in online delivery, and the use of computer technology gradually becomes necessary. This chapter focuses on analyzing online language teacher education in the developing countries such as Vietnam and using computer technology in online EFL classes. Therefore, teacher educators and in-service teachers need to possess knowledge of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) applications to improve teaching and learning practices. The chapter investigates groups of in-service teachers learning to teach EFL. The findings and the critical analysis indicated positive and negative aspects of online language teacher education using CALL. Future CALL research with online courses will focus on language teaching with more linguistic features in accordance with the fast technological enhancements.