Training teachers to use the Web in ELT

Abstract

This study aimed to provide support for secondary school teachers learning how to make effective use of Web-based CALL (WBC). With this in mind, the researcher created a CD designed to help train teachers in useful aspects of WBC. Using questionnaires and interviews, the CD was trialled with teachers from government secondary schools throughout Thailand. This study looks at the results of this trial. The key findings are that teachers had positive attitudes towards WBC and that some of the pages on the CD were visited far more frequently than others. These findings were used to generate guidelines for designing CDs to support training in the future.