Language, Learning & Technology articles from January 2004

Language, Learning & Technology archives from January 2004

From the editors.
January 1, 2004... We are pleased to bring you Volume 8, Number 1 of Language Learning & Technology. There have been a few administrative changes at LLT. Mark Warschauer resigned as Editor shortly after our September publication. Mark is the founder of LLT...

On the net: ICT4LT--information and communications technology for language teachers.
January 1, 2004... Foreign language (FL) teachers have long been leaders in the use of technology in the classroom, from short wave radio and newspapers, to film strips, to tape recorders, to records, 16 mm films, video, and now computers, as a means of bringing...

Emerging technologies: making the web dynamic: DOM and DAV.(Document Object Model)(Distributed Authoring and Versioning)
January 1, 2004... Five years ago, in the January, 1998, issue of LLT, I wrote a column on Dynamic Web Page Creation, discussing options for Web interactivity and bemoaning incompatibilities among browsers. In the current column we will explore what has changed...

University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC).
January 1, 2004... The University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center engages in research and materials development projects and conducts Summer Institutes for language professionals among its many activities. CALL FOR PROPOSALS ...

Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).
January 1, 2004... CLEAR's mission is to promote the teaching and learning of foreign languages in the United States. To meet its goals, projects focus on foreign language research, materials development, and professional development training. FOREIGN...

Australian Technology Enhanced Language Learning Consortium (ATELL).(Computer Assisted Language Learning)
January 1, 2004... Contacts: Assoc. Prof. Mike Levy, Griffith University (michael.levy@mailbox.gu.edu.au) Dr. Robert Debski, The University of Melbourne (r.debski@hlc.unimelb.edu.au) ATELL is pleased to announce the availability of the CALL Catalogue:...

Apprentissage des Langues et Systemes d'Information et de Communication (ALSIC).(Language Learning and Information and Communication Systems)
January 1, 2004... ALSIC (Language Learning and Information and Communication Systems, http://alsic.org/) is an electronic journal in French for researchers and practitioners in fields related to applied linguistics, didactics, psycholinguistics, educational...

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota (CARLA).
January 1, 2004... CARLA is one of several National Language Resource Centers whose role is to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively. Launched in 1993 with funding from the national Title VI Language Resource Center...

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).
January 1, 2004... 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...

Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO).
January 1, 2004... Since its inception in 1983, CALICO has served as an international forum for language teachers who want to develop and utilize the potential of advanced technology to support their teaching and research needs. Through its Annual Symposia,...

European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL).
January 1, 2004... EUROCALL is an association of language teaching professionals from Europe and worldwide aiming to * Promote the use of foreign languages within Europe * Provide a European focus for all aspects of the use of technology for language...

International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT).
January 1, 2004... Established in 1965, IALLT (formerly IALL) is a professional organization whose members provide leadership in the development, integration, evaluation, and management of instructional technology for the teaching and learning of language,...

Conversation and Technology.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... Conversation and Technology Ian Hutchby 2001 ISBN 0-7456-2111-2 (pbk) 15.99 [pounds sterling] (US $35.95) 221 pp. Polity Press Cambridge, England Overview Within the early pages of this volume, Ian...

Connected Speech.(Review)
January 1, 2004... Title Connected Speech (North American English), 2000 Platform PC Minimum Hardware Pentium 200 MHz multimedia computer with Windows 98 Requirements or higher, microphone, headphones or speakers, sound ...

Business English: Meetings.(Review)
January 1, 2004... Title Business English: Meetings Platform Windows 95, 98, or NT Macintosh 7.5 + Minimum Hardware Windows: Pentium PC; Macintosh: Power PC processor; Requirements 16 MB RAM; 2x CD-ROM drive; Quicktime 3.x...

Generalization of computer-assisted prosody training: quantitative and qualitative findings (1).
January 1, 2004... ABSTRACT Two experiments investigated the effectiveness of computer-assisted prosody training, its generalization to novel sentences and segmental accuracy, and the relationship between prosodic and lexical information in long-term memory....

Composition medium comparability in a direct writing assessment of non-native English speakers.
January 1, 2004... ABSTRACT The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) contains a direct writing assessment, and examinees are given the option of composing their responses at a computer terminal using a keyboard or composing their responses in...

Towards an effective use of audio conferencing in distance language courses.
January 1, 2004... ABSTRACT In order to respond to learners' need for more flexible speaking opportunities and to overcome the geographical challenge of students spread over the United Kingdom and continental Western Europe, the Open University recently...

Learners' perspectives on networked collaborative interaction with native speakers of Spanish in the US.
January 1, 2004... ABSTRACT In this paper, I discuss a network-based collaborative project that focused on the learning conditions non-native speakers (NNSs) of Spanish perceived to be necessary to satisfactoraly communicate with native speakers (NSs). Data...