Language, Learning & Technology articles from January 2002

Language, Learning & Technology archives from January 2002

FROM THE EDITORS.
January 1, 2002... Welcome to the first issue of volume six of Language Learning & Technology. We expect 2002 to be another exciting year for LLT with special issues coming up on indigenous languages and teacher education. In this issue, the first general issue...

ON THE NET -- MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching.
January 1, 2002... Locating and evaluating online authentic materials of use in the language classroom is a time consuming but essential prelude to integrating Internet technology in the foreign language curriculum. Quality teaching materials that help us...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES : Wireless Networks.
January 1, 2002... One of the most striking changes in the use of technology in the last year or so has been the explosive growth in the use of wireless networks for Internet and local network access. We will be looking in this column at the varieties of wireless...

NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS.
January 1, 2002... This page includes announcements from the organizations sponsoring LLT. University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) Less commonly taught languages, particularly those of Asia and the Pacific, are the focus...

Computer Applications in Second Language Acquisition : Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series.
January 1, 2002... Computer Applications in Second Language Acquisition Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series Carol A. Chapelle 2001 ISBN 0-521-62646-3 [pound] 13.95 228 pp. Cambridge University Press Cambridge, UK Computer...

ESSENTIAL ACADEMIC SKILLS IN ENGLISH: LISTENING TO LECTURES CD-ROM (Volume I).
January 1, 2002... REVIEW OF ESSENTIAL ACADEMIC SKILLS IN ENGLISH: LISTENING TO LECTURES Title Essential Academic Skills in English: Listening to Lectures CD-ROM (Volume I) Publisher ...

ADVANCED FRENCH: INTERACTIVE VIDEO LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH "AU COEUR DE LA LOI".
January 1, 2002... REVIEW OF ADVANCED FRENCH: INTERACTIVE VIDEO LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH "AU COEUR DE LA LOI" Title Advanced French: Interactive Video Language Learning with "Au coeur de la loi"...

TESOROS: A MULTIMEDIA-BASED SPANISH COURSE ON CD-ROM.
January 1, 2002... REVIEW OF TESOROS: A MULTIMEDIA-BASED SPANISH COURSE ON CD-ROM Title Tesoros: A Multimedia-Based Spanish Course on CD-ROM. Platforms Windows 95/98 Macintosh:...

VIDEO RECORDING IN ETHNOGRAPHIC SLA RESEARCH: SOME ISSUES OF VALIDITY IN DATA COLLECTION.(second language acquisition)
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT In recent years increasing numbers of researchers have begun to investigate second language acquisition within the socio-cultural context in which it occurs using qualitative methods and approaches such as an ethnographic...

SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF TELECOLLABORATIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY(1).
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT Previous research on network-based foreign language study has primarily focused on: a) the pedagogy of technology in the language curriculum, or b) the linguistic characterization of networked discourse. In this paper, I explore...

CATEGORIZATION OF TEXT CHAT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LEARNERS AND NATIVE SPEAKERS OF JAPANESE(1).
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT A number of CALL studies suggest the potential benefits of network-based communication for L2 acquisition, focusing on its nature for inducing negotiation of meaning. This study examined negotiation of meaning that took place...

EFFECTS OF STUDENTS' PARTICIPATION IN AUTHORING OF MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS ON STUDENT ACQUISITION OF VOCABULARY.
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects on vocabulary acquisition of student participation in authoring a multimedia instructional module. Sixty-two subjects were randomly assigned to two groups, and each group was randomly assigned...

VISIBLE OR INVISIBLE LINKS: DOES THE HIGHLIGHTING OF HYPERLINKS AFFECT INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY LEARNING, TEXT COMPREHENSION, AND THE READING PROCESS?
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT This article investigates how the signaling-mode of electronic glosses in online texts (i.e., presented digitally on a computer screen) influences the user's reading process, incidental vocabulary learning, and text comprehension....

PROVIDING CONTROLLED EXPOSURE TO TARGET VOCABULARY THROUGH THE SCREENING AND ARRANGING OF TEXTS.
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT This article considers the problem of how to bring foreign language students with a limited vocabulary knowledge, consisting mainly of high-frequency words, to the point where they are able to adequately comprehend authentic texts...

STUDENT PERCEPTIONS ON LANGUAGE LEARNING IN A TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT This article presents survey data from beginning Spanish classes using a combination of technologies: Internet activities, CD-ROM, electronic pen pals, and threaded discussions. Goals of the study were to determine students'...