Language, Learning & Technology articles from February 2007

Language, Learning & Technology archives from February 2007

From the editors.
February 1, 2007... Welcome to our special issue on Technology and Listening Comprehension, a theme that runs throughout the articles, commentary, and columns of this issue. Special thanks go to Phil Hubbard for serving as guest editor and for the expertise,...

From the special issue editor.
February 1, 2007... Thanks to recent technology developments the future of listening in language learning is bright. In addition to dedicated CD-ROM and networked-based multimedia, online audio and video offer the potential to change the face of language teaching...

Listening: you've got to be carefully taught.
February 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION Listening is arguably the most important skill required for obtaining comprehensible input in one's first and any subsequent languages. It is a pervasive communicative event: we listen considerably more than we read, write, or...

Digital video update: YouTube, flash, high-definition.(Column)
February 1, 2007... I last devoted an entire column to new developments in video technologies in May, 1998. At that time, I wrote about such new developments as the DVD, MPEG-2, and HDTV ("high-definition TV"--slated for first broadcasts in the US later in 1998)....

University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC).
February 1, 2007... Sponsors University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) Co-Sponsor Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) University of...

Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
February 1, 2007... CLEAR's mission is to promote the teaching and learning of foreign languages in the United States. Projects focus on materials development, professional development training, and foreign language research. SUMMER WORKSHOPS CLEAR is...

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... The Center for Applied Linguistics is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes and improves the teaching and learning of languages, identifies and solves problems related to language and culture, and serves as a resource for information...

Review of Distance Education and Languages: Evolution and Change.(Book review)
February 1, 2007... Distance Education and Languages: Evolution and Change Borje Holmberg, Monica Shelley, Cynthia White (Editors) New Perspectives on Language and Education Series Editor: Viv Edwards 2005 ISBN 1-85359-775-9 US $ 59.95 (paperback) 342...

Review of business connections elementary--pre-intermediate.
February 1, 2007... The back cover of Business Connections--Lab Workstation Version software promises a "multimedia course that teaches students to communicate effectively in business situations." It goes on to add that "[b]y using authentic business language in...

Review of Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research to New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching.(Book review)
February 1, 2007... Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research to New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching Lara Ducate and Nike Arnold (Editors) 2006 ISBN 1085-2999 351 pp. Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) San Marcos,...

Help options and multimedia listening: students' use of subtitles and the transcript.
February 1, 2007... ABSTRACT As multimedia language learning materials become prevalent in foreign and second language classrooms, their design is an important avenue of research in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Some argue that the design of the...

Are they watching? Test-taker viewing behavior during an 12 video listening test.
February 1, 2007... ABSTRACT The accessibility of video technology has made it possible to utilize both the auditory and visual channels to present listening texts in the second language (L2) classroom and on L2 listening tests. However, there has been little...

Using digital stories to improve listening comprehension with Spanish young learners of English.
February 1, 2007... ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects that digital stories may have on the understanding of spoken English by a group of 6-year-old Spanish learners. To accomplish this aim, a quasi-experimental research study was launched in six state...

Commentary: I'm only trying to help: a role for interventions in teaching listening.
February 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION In my work as an author and teacher trainer, I have the opportunity to travel around the world and talk to teachers in a variety of settings. Though I meet teachers with a range of backgrounds and a wide disparity of...

Commentary: learner-based listening and technological authenticity.
February 1, 2007... You dropped a hundred and fifty grand on an education you could've picked up for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library. Good Will Hunting, 1997 Language teachers know that even the best technology cannot provide the...