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Language, Learning & Technology archives from June 2007
From the editors.
June 1, 2007... It is our pleasure to introduce Volume 11, Number 2 of Language Learning & Technology, a regular issue of our journal. We hope that all of you have successfully completed or are about to complete a busy academic year and are looking forward to...
Introducing standardized EFL/ESL exams.(English as a foreign language, English as a second language)
June 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION
In a few months students from almost every single country will be taking high-stakes tests such as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Testing System (IELTS), Business Language Testing...
Tools and trends in self-paced language instruction.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES)
June 1, 2007... Ever since the PLATO system of the 1960's, CALL (computer assisted language learning) has had a major focus on providing self-paced, auto-correcting exercises for language learners to practice their skills and improve their knowledge of...
News from sponsoring organizations.
June 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...
Call Research Perspectives.(Book review)
June 1, 2007... CALL Research Perspectives Joy L. Egbert and Gina Mikel Petrie 2005 ISBN 0-8508-5135-2 US $24.50 216 pp.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Mahwah, New Jersey
This book brings fresh ideas to the field of Computer Assisted Language...
Call Dimensions: Options and Issues in Computer-Assisted Language Learning.(Book review)
June 1, 2007... CALL Dimensions: Options and Issues in Computer-Assisted Language Learning Mike Levy and Glenn Stockwell 2006 ISBN 080585634X US $ 29.95 (paperback); US $89.95 (hardcover) 310 pp.+xviii Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Mahwah, New Jersey
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Mastering Polish with Two Audio CDs, 3d ed.(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Mastering Polish with Two Audio CDs Albert Juszczak Third Edition 2004 ISBN 0-7818-1065-5 US $24.95 (paperback) 320 pp.
Hippocrene Books, Inc. New York, NY
Polish is undoubtedly a less frequently taught language. This becomes...
Manipulating L2 learners' online dictionary use and its effect on L2 word retention.(second language)
June 1, 2007... ABSTRACT
This study explored the effect of two enhancement techniques on L2 learners' look-up behaviour during a reading task and word retention afterwards amongst Flemish learners of German: a Vocabulary Test Announcement and Task-induced...
Students writing emails to faculty: an examination of e-politeness among native and non-native speakers of English.
June 1, 2007... This study combines interlanguage pragmatics and speech act research with computer-mediated communication and examines how native and non-native speakers of English formulate low- and high-imposition requests to faculty. While some research...
Activity theory perspective on student-reported contradictions in international telecollaboration.
June 1, 2007... ABSTRACT
This process-oriented study focuses on contradictions that emerged in a WebCT bulletin board collaboration among English learners from Japan, Mexico and Russia, and explains them from the perspective of activity theory (Leont'ev,...
Culture, culture learning and new technologies: towards a pedagogical framework.
June 1, 2007... ABSTRACT
This paper seeks to improve approaches to the learning and teaching of culture using new technologies by relating the key qualities and dimensions of the culture concept to elements within a pedagogical framework. In Part One,...
Abdullah's blogging: a generation 1.5 student enters the blogosphere.(second language learners)
June 1, 2007... ABSTRACT
Blogging has emerged as one of the most popular forms of online discourse. The ease and lack of expense in setting up blogs has raised intriguing possibilities for language learning classrooms. The unique nature of their...
Commentary: open access to research and the individual responsibility of researchers.
June 1, 2007... Readers of Language Learning & Technology are undoubtedly aware of the debate raging through the international research community about open (i.e., free) access to research and knowledge. As readers of the journal, we may not feel very...