The idea to write this book chapter emerged from the Teaching-Learning Empowerment (TLE) series, a weekly meeting in the English Language Education program (PBI) at Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana in Salatiga, Indonesia. On Fridays, PBI lecturers, who are all contributors of this volume, present research proposals and reflect on their teaching and share their experiences using technology to support their language teaching and learning practices. The intention is to facilitate TLE discussions about technology that can empower and be more impactful for people outside of the study program, especially those hoping to learn various types of technology or looking for ideas to integrate easy-to-use technology into their language lessons.
One attempt to achieve that goal is by writing this ten-chapter book. Each chapter provides one lesson plan that integrates simple technology that has been presented in the TLE series. The lesson plan also has step-by-step teaching activities that readers may follow as is, or use parts of the activities and modify some of the activities to meet the specific needs of their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. The technology-based tasks presented in the lesson plan follow the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards for students, so the tasks can also be applied in various settings outside of Indonesia. The ISTE Standards serve as a roadmap guiding teachers to meaningfully integrate technology into their teaching and learning practices.
Hopefully, this book can give various practical ideas for EFL lecturers, teachers, and practitioners about how they might use technology – not just for the sake of using it, but to provide novel, culturally relevant, and developmentally appropriate language learning opportunities for their students.
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