IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Sep 2011

Challenges to Project-based Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) for Professional Communication in China

Peiya Gu

Abstract

This paper reports on a 10-year case study at a Chinese university of a faculty team's attempt to develop and disseminate a project-based computer-assisted language learning (CALL) program for professional communication. The discussion focuses on three main challenges (professional/academic values, pedagogical philosophy, and institutional culture) to expand a project-based CALL program at this university. Based on the findings, this paper discusses how the implementation of project-based CALL for professional communication needs to be founded upon a good understanding of China's sociocultural contexts and how it might be tailored in order to be more responsive to the local university context. This paper concludes by suggesting a path that practitioners might take in light of these circumstances and challenges.

Journal
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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2011-09-01
DOI
10.1109/tpc.2011.2161798
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writing pedagogy professional writing qualitative research digital rhetoric multilingual writers
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