Language, Learning & Technology articles from January 2003

Language, Learning & Technology archives from January 2003

From the editors.(Editorial)
January 1, 2003... Welcome to the 7th volume of Language Learning & Technology! We are pleased to bring you four articles examining CALL tasks and programs, two in secondary schools and two in universities. In "Crossing Boundaries: Multimedia Technology and...

Foreign Language Study and the Brain.(On The Net)
January 1, 2003... Many foreign language teachers wishing to keep up with current ideas for improving their teaching based on research findings may not be able to attend professional conferences as often as they might wish. Web-based presentations may be a...

E-books and the Tablet PC.(Emerging Technologies)
January 1, 2003... Recently introduced computer hardware, the Tablet PC, has sparked renewed interest in electronic texts or e-books, as they are most commonly called. This new hybrid of laptop computer and PDA (personal digital assistant), which features a...

News from sponsoring organizations.
January 1, 2003... Sponsors University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) Co-Sponsors Apprentissage des Langues et Systemes d'Information et...

Internet audio communication for second language learning: a comparative review of six programs.
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT A vast and largely untapped resource for second language learners has recently become available: native speakers of languages being learned who have access to the Internet. To explore the potential of this new resource for second...

Crossing boundaries: multimedia technology and pedagogical innovation in a high school class.
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Although much has been written on computer technology and its potential for changing pedagogical practice, relatively little attention has been given as to how teachers' conceptualizations of teaching and other contextual factors...

Collaborative e-mail exchange for teaching secondary ESL: a case study in Hong Kong.
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This article presents data from a qualitative case study examining secondary ESL students' attitudes toward and perceptions of a collaborative e-mail exchange between a Form 4 (10th grade) ESL class in Hong Kong and an 11th grade...

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum: electronic discussion and foreign language learning (1).
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Amongst the opportunities for cross-cultural contact created by the burgeoning use of the Internet are those provided by electronic discussion lists. This study looks at what happens when language students venture out of the...

Designing task-based call to promote interaction: En Busca De Esmeraldas.
January 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Developing effective language teaching materials based on second language acquisition principles is a priority which needs to be addressed in all language teaching areas. The field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is...