Language, Learning & Technology articles from June 2009

Language, Learning & Technology archives from June 2009

From the editors.(Editorial)
June 1, 2009... We are pleased to present Volume 13, Number 2 of Language Learning & Technology, a regular issue of our journal. We hope that your 2008-2009 school year is coming to a successful conclusion, and that you are looking forward to a relaxing...

Emerging technologies personal learning environments.(Report)
June 1, 2009... Language instructors in higher education are finding that the current generation of students is coming to campus with quite sophisticated technology skills and habits. Many are fully conversant with and committed to communicating through social...

Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
June 1, 2009... 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. SUMMER WORKSHOPS The Center...

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
June 1, 2009... 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...

Brave New Digital Classroom: Technology and Foreign Language Learning.(Book review)
June 1, 2009... Brave New Digital Classroom: Technology and Foreign Language Learning Robert J. Blake 2008 ISBN 978-1-58901-212-7US $24.95 (paperback) 189 pp. Georgetown University Press Washington, DC, USA [ILLUSTRATION...

Acquisition of L2 Japanese geminates: training with waveform displays.(programmed instructions)(Report)
June 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION The duration of vowels and consonants is a contrastive feature in Japanese unlike English. In Japanese, singleton consonants contrast with their longer geminate counterparts, which are a special type of mora. Accurate...

Multimedia glosses and their effect on L2 text comprehension and vocabulary learning.(Report)
June 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION During the past twenty years, a considerable number of studies have investigated the effectiveness of marginal glosses under different premises (Bowles, 2004; Chun & Plass, 1996; Hulstijn, Hollander, & Greidanus, 1996; Jones,...

Learner use of holistic language units in multimodal, task-based synchronous computer-mediated communication.(Report)
June 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION A significant amount of second language acquisition (SLA) research has sought to understand whether and how students acquire a second language in computer-mediated interactions (Belz & Reinhardt, 2004; Chapelle, 1998;...