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Title: BBI 3423 LANGUAGE AND ICT


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BBI 3423LANGUAGE AND ICT
  • Assoc Prof Dr Tan Bee Hoon
  • Tel 8946 8911
  • E-mail tanbh_at_fbmk.upm.edu.my
  • (First face-to-face meeting)

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Course objectives
  • Students will be able to
  • explain the relationship between language and ICT
  • outline in brief the developments in ICT and
    computer technology, and
  • use the computer as an aid in language
    development.

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Overview of the course (1)
  • This course in Language and ICT looks at the
    relationship between developments in ICT and
    developments in language. The course will
    consider computer-mediated communication and the
    role of the computer in supporting language
    development.

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Overview of the course (2)
  • The course covers the basic principles of
    designing computer-based slide shows, including
    the appropriate use of language. In addition,
    since this is the only course that relates to
    computers in the BA (English Language) programme,
    students will first be introduced briefly to the
    history of computer development, parts of the
    computer and basic computer operations.

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Overview of the course (3)
  • This course helps students gain awareness of the
    ways in which computers impact and assist
    language development.

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Course Texts
  • Module The BBI 3423 module on Language and ICT
    is being updated. PPL will inform you as soon as
    it is available. In the meantime, you can refer
    to these slides for content for the Mid-semester
    Test.
  • Book The Language of ICT (Tim Shortis, 2001),
    Routledge

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Role of the Computer in ICT
  • Computers are needed to
  • integrate the use of ICT texts, especially
    multimedia texts
  • store and distribute software / programmes CDs
  • disseminate information globally Internet

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Role of Language in ICT Multimedia
  • Language plays a central role in
  • constructing ICT texts
  • writing computer programmes

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ICT Texts (1)
  • ICT texts are used in
  • Dissemination of information
  • Commercial e.g., Internet advertisements,
    business sites
  • Research e.g., Online journals, articles, news
    reports
  • Educational e.g., CALL software, video
    conferencing, online conference classes

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ICT Texts (2)
  • ICT texts are also used in
  • Social interaction
  • Synchronous/Real-time e.g., chats, IRCs
  • Asynchronous i.e., not real-time e.g., email

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Studying Language in ICT Use of language in ICT
(1)
  • Programming language
  • coded language commands for the machine
    translated into verbal language for human users
  • not covered in detail in this course

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Studying Language in ICT Use of language in ICT
(2)
  • Electronic communication
  • Nature of electronic text
  • Cognitive and social impact on users
  • Evolution of computer-mediated discourse
  • Linguistic aspects
  • Social aspects

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Technical properties of electronic text
  • Plasticity
  • Links
  • Tagging
  • Searches
  • Templates
  • Footprints
  • Virtuality

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Technical properties of electronic
textPlasticity
  • ICT, especially word processing, generates screen
    text or soft copy
  • Soft copy
  • impermanent
  • alterable, available to be remodelled or combined

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Technical properties of electronic textLinks
  • Electronic text can be
  • copied and combined with other types of
    compatible ICT text and image
  • gt allows creation of large systems of
    information
  • multi-modal with animated combinations of visual,
    auditory, graphical and verbal information
  • gt the heart of multimedia

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Technical properties of electronic textTagging
  • Electronic text can be tagged so that particular
    sequences of information are associated with
    other types of information, e.g.,
  • text can be framed by commands so that it has
    particular status and appearance on screen
  • words in computer language corpus can be tagged
    with their parts of speech
  • Tagging enables searches of linked information

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Technical properties of electronic textSearches
  • Searches can be conducted through matched
    patterns of code, allowing vast archives of text
    to be searched quickly
  • Strings of text can also trigger electronic
    responses, e.g., in spellchecker, a text string
    not recognised will trigger a dialogue box of
    options inclusion of certain words in websites
    will make it inaccessible to certain users

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Technical properties of electronic textTemplates
  • Templates approximate types of human
    communication, e.g.,
  • ATM machines create flow diagram that model
    counter service in a bank
  • Word processors use document templates that
    prompt writers for information like addresses in
    letters

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Technical properties of electronic
textFootprints
  • Many IT texts make electronic records that can be
    traced and reused, e,g,.
  • Basic level text can be stored
  • Faxing produces records of when and where fax is
    sent
  • Word processors record length of time spent on a
    document
  • Internet stores build databases of purchasing
    habits of customers, credit card information,
    etc.

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Technical properties of electronic
textVirtuality
  • IT texts can
  • create parallel world that simulates the real
    world without constraints of physical context
  • have live real-time links with disparate and
    geographically remote audiences, information and
    media
  • enable people to communicate without disclosing
    cues about their identity like their gender,
    voice or appearance

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THINK
  • What are some social and ethical implications of
    the nature of electronic text?

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Social and ethical implications Nature of
electronic text
  • allows doctoring of texts
  • enables plagiarism
  • challenges traditional notions of
  • authority
  • permanent documentation

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Social and ethical implications
  • Dynamic nature of ICT language
  • creates gap between experts and novices
  • contributes to digital divide

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Homework Activity
  • Explore this Website which contains a glossary of
    ICT terms
  • http//www.johnlamper.btinternet.co.uk/ecdl/ict_g
    lossary.htm
  • Look for examples of
  • metaphors
  • terms formed through affixation, blending, etc.

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ASSIGNMENT 1 (20)
  • Identify twenty terms (words or phrases) that
    have taken on a new or additional meaning as a
    result of the development of the computer.
    Present a list of these terms, with BOTH their
    original and new /additional meanings in the
    context of ICT.

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ASSIGNMENT 1(b)
  • Examples
  • Mouse
  • A furry rodent
  • (ICT term) a point-and click device
  • Virus
  • A harmful organism capable of growth and
    multiplication only in living cells, that cause
    various diseases
  • (ICT term) a computer program usually hidden
    within another program that usually performs a
    malicious action such as destroying data

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ASSIGNMENT 2 (20)
  • Computers are being increasingly used in language
    learning and education. The Internet offers a
    variety of sites that can be utilised in creative
    ways by language teachers. Language learners can
    also find useful information on the Web to help
    them in their language development.

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ASSIGNMENT 2(b)
  • Using a Search engine and appropriate key terms,
    identify ten Web sites that you find useful for
    language development or Language learning.
  • Examples of search engines you can use are
  • Google.com at http//www.google.com
  • Alta vista at http//www.altavista.com

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ASSIGNMENT 2(c)
  • For EACH website you identify
  • Provide the NAME of the site and the Web address
    or url.
  • (Example Guide to Grammar and Writing
  • http//webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
  • Specify the target audience (e.g. language
    learners, language teachers) you are selecting
    the sites for.
  • For each site you choose, provide a one-paragraph
    description of the site and what it offers the
    target audience. (In other words, say why you
    think this site would be useful.)

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Send assignments to
  • Pusat Pendidikan Luar (PPL)
  • (necessary for their records)
  • Assignment 1 must reach PPL 1 week before the
    mid-semester exam.
  • Assignment 2 must reach PPL 2 weeks before the
    final exam.
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