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Pre-service Chinese Foreign Language Teachers in Blended CALL Preparation Program: Case Study in Taiwan

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This chapter reports on participants in a blended CALL preparation program offering face-to-face and online professional learning opportunities in a Taiwan teacher education context. Eighteen pre-service foreign language teachers participated in a 10-month internship offered by a Chinese Language Center affiliated with a private university and sponsored by the Taiwan government during the School Year 2019–2020. Five practicum mentors supervised these prospective teachers to design and deliver technology-enriched instruction to authentic students on a synchronous learning platform. Multiple qualitative data sources offered evidence documenting the process and growth of these pre-service teachers’ learning as they explore, communicate, collaborate, and reflect during their CALL professional development experiences. This case study also revealed the potential factors that may facilitate or hinder participating pre-service teachers’ learning to teach with technology. We present relevant CALL research issues and encourage further investigations of understudied participants in an understudied online context based on the case study’s findings and implications.

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  1. Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Tunghai University, 1727, Sec.4, Taiwan Boulevard, Xitun District, Taichung, 40704, Taiwan

    Mei-hui Liu

  2. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, 438 C Farmer Building-1050 South Forest Mall, PO Box 871811, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1811, USA

    Robert C. Kleinsasser

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Liu, Mh., Kleinsasser, R.C. (2023). Pre-service Chinese Foreign Language Teachers in Blended CALL Preparation Program: Case Study in Taiwan. In: Tafazoli, D., Picard, M. (eds) Handbook of CALL Teacher Education and Professional Development. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0514-0_3

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