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Language, Learning & Technology archives from June 2008
From the editors.
June 1, 2008... We are pleased to present Volume 12, Number 2 of Language Learning and Technology, which is a special issue on "Technology and Learning to Write," guest edited by Joel Bloch. Together with our indefatigable Associate Editor, Rick Kern, Joel has...
From the special issue editor.
June 1, 2008... In my book on using technology in L2 composition teaching (Bloch, 2008), I begin with an anecdote from one of the earliest CALL-sig (Special Interest Group) meetings at the International TESOL conference in the early 1980s. At a panel of some...
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
June 1, 2008... Sponsors
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC)
Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR)
Co-Sponsor
Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
The University...
Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
June 1, 2008... 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, and foreign language research.
MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
...
The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
June 1, 2008... 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...
Emerging technologies Web-writing 2.0: enabling, documenting, and assessing writing online.
June 1, 2008... Trends in the use of the Internet in recent years, collectively coined Web 2.0, have precipitated changes in modes and uses of writing online. Blogs and social networking sites provide new opportunities and incentives for personal writing. This...
More than a linguistic reference: the influence of corpus technology on L2 academic writing.
June 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION
Recently, corpus technology has demonstrated great potential for second language (L2) writing instruction by integrating vocabulary, grammar, and discourse patterns of given types of writing into the teaching of L2 writing...
Asynchronous forums in EAP: assessment issues.(English for Academic Purposes)(Report)
June 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION
Asynchronous online forums provide a venue for thoughtful discussion and as such have become a common component in both distance and blended courses (Cummings, Bonk, & Jacobs, 2002). These discussions allow for dynamic growth,...
Raising students' awareness of cross-cultural contrastive rhetoric in English writing via an e-learning course.(Report)
June 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION
Academic writing is complex in that it involves more than grammar. It involves familiarity with the writing conventions of university culture and disciplinary subcultures in which the second/foreign language learner...
Review of netTrekker d.i.(Product/service evaluation)
June 1, 2008...
Title netTrekker d.i.
Platform All capable of supporting the designated
browsers.
Software Netscape 5 or higher, or
requirements Internet Explorer 6 or higher, or
...
Review of A Practical Guide to Using Computers in Language Teaching.(Book review)
June 1, 2008... A Practical Guide to Using Computers in Language Teaching
John de Szendeffy
2005
ISBN 0-472-03048-5
US $29.95 (paperback)
xv, 254 pp.
University of Michigan Press
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...
Beyond the design of automated writing evaluation: pedagogical practices and perceived learning effectiveness in EFL writing classes.(english as a foreign language)(Report)
June 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION
Automated writing evaluation (AWE), also referred to as automated essay scoring (AES) (1), is not a brand-new technology in the twenty-first century; rather, it has been under development since the 1960s. This technology was...