Renata
Setmajer-Chylinski
Computer Assisted
Language Learning (CALL) Coordinator
I have been teaching languages, history and social studies in Europe and Australia for close to 20 years. Over these years I have gained expertise in many areas of teaching, with continuing interest in the area of curriculum development and program design.
I
am currently the CALL Coordinator at Monash University ELC, where I have
designed CALL curricula and syllabi for General English, EAP classes and
English Language Bridging Programs. In this capacity I
was also a mentor in a CALL-oriented program of Thailand
- Australia Science and Engineering Assistance Project to fellows
from leading Thai universities.
I was involved in co-authoring of the Real English CD ROM series and I continue to work with a range of other authoring tools.
My latest passion though is exploring
the role of the Internet in teaching languages and creating
web-based teaching materials. I invite you to Renata's
ESL/CALL corner for a collection of Australiana and ESL links.
The following
links will also show you the results of our students' journey through
language learning with the aid of computers:
e-news
and views - school magazine online. Written
entirely by our ELICOS students.
Internet
Activities for ESL students - one hour "wonders"
organised in themes
Apeciation
of Arts - Intermediate English Project (Renata Chylinski)
Turning
theTables - Upper Intermediate English Project (Stephen Lock)
Research
Project - Advanced Academic Class (Stephen Lock)
UFO -
Lower Intermediate Project (Stephen Lock)
My
Publications:
Appreciation
of Art - CALL project (IATEFL Journal)
Filamentality:
a time-effecient way of producing internet-based activities and publishing
them on the WWW. (presented at 12 ELICOS Association Educational Conference,
14-16 October 1999, Adelaide, Australia )
My work is my hobby, so I spend a lot of hours studying CALL theories and exchanging ideas with CALL professionals all over the world. I do not forget though to check regularly my horoscope and to study and follow feng shui.