Language, Learning & Technology articles from January 2006

Language, Learning & Technology archives from January 2006

A 10th anniversary note.(Editorial)
January 1, 2006... The year 2006 marks the 10th anniversary of Language Learning & Technology. We want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have made this anniversary possible. Your support has enabled us to compile a solid record of 23 issues, to go...

Dante: digital and on the web.(Digital Dante, project)
January 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Language programs have tended to shift away from the focus on the classical literary studies that dominated university language majors for so long. Opening up the profession to small "c" culture and language study for other...

Going to the MALL: Mobile Assisted Language Learning.(Emerging Technologies)
January 1, 2006... Introduction In August 2004, Duke University provided free iPods to its entire freshman class (Belanger, 2005). The next month, a Korean education firm offered free downloadable college entrance exam lectures to students who purchased an...

University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
January 1, 2006... 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. CALICO 2006 IN HAWAI'I! ...

Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
January 1, 2006... 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, & foreign language research. CONFERENCES CLEAR exhibits at...

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
January 1, 2006... 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...

New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms Sandra Fotos and Charles M. Browne 2004 ISBN 0805844058 US $39.95 357 pp. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Mahwah, New Jersey, USA New Perspectives on CALL...

The Oxford Dictionary of American English.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Oxford Dictionary of American English Alison Waters (Ed.) 2005 ISBN 0194316631 (Dictionary) US $29.95 828 pp. Oxford University Press Mahwah, New Jersey, USA Title Oxford Genie Platforms...

Review of three software programs designed to identify lexical bundles.(Product/service evaluation)
January 1, 2006... REVIEW OF THREE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY LEXICAL BUNDLES Title KfNgram 1.2.03 N-Gram Phrase Extractor (Compleat Lexical Tutor 4.0) Platform PC...

Mastering Arabic with two Audio CDs.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Mastering Arabic with two Audio CDs Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar 2005 ISBN 0-7817-1042-6 US $24.95 370 pp. Hippicrene Books, Inc. New York New York, New York, USA In recent years, there have been...

Future foreign language teachers' social and cognitive collaboration in an online environment.
January 1, 2006... ABSTRACT Discussion boards provide an interactive venue where new and future language teachers can reflect, evaluate, solve problems or simply exchange ideas (e.g., Bonk, Hansen, Grabner-Hagen, Lazar, & Mirabelli, 1996; DeWert, Babinski, &...

Discourse and participation in ESL face-to-face and written electronic conferences.(English as a second language)
January 1, 2006... ABSTRACT This study was a comparative investigation of face-to-face and written electronic conferences. The participants were advanced English as a second language (hereafter: ESL) students. The two types of conferences were compared in...

Internet use of Polish by Polish Melburnians: implications for maintenance and teaching.
January 1, 2006... ABSTRACT The Internet has become an important communication medium and it is having a significant impact on language use. The present study takes a "snapshot" of how the Polish language is currently used with modern communications...

Negotiating common ground in computer-mediated versus face-to-face discussions.
January 1, 2006... ABSTRACT To explore the impact of the communication medium on building common ground, this article presents research comparing learner use of reception strategies in traditional face-to-face (FTF) and in synchronous computer-mediated...