Language, Learning & Technology articles from September 2003

Language, Learning & Technology archives from September 2003

From the editors.(Language Learning and Technology)
September 1, 2003... Welcome to Volume 7, Number 3 of Language Learning & Technology. We regret to inform you that LLT Editor Mark Warschauer is on leave from the journal following a family tragedy. Irene Thompson has kindly agreed to step in as Editor during...

From the special issue editor.
September 1, 2003... Welcome to the LLT Special Issue on Distance Learning. I am pleased to introduce this special issue which focuses on the important and timely topic of distance language learning. Few topics have received more discussion and attention...

Interactive and multimedia techniques in online language lessons: a sampler.(On The Net)
September 1, 2003... While one might think the definition of distance education would be simple enough, the concept and justification of learning over distances are actually under continual debate (Distance Education Clearinghouse, 2003). There are probably as many...

Tools for distance education: toward convergence and integration.(Emerging Technologies)
September 1, 2003... Interest in the remote delivery of language instruction has increased significantly in recent years. As the Internet has displaced synchronous video as the preferred platform for distance education, the dramatically lower cost and more modest...

News from sponsoring organizations.
September 1, 2003... Sponsors University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) Co-Sponsors Apprentissage des Langues et Systemes d'Information et...

Language Learning Online: Toward Best Practice.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Language Learning Online: Towards Best Practice from the series Language Learning and Language Technology Uschi Felix (Ed.) 2003 ISBN 90 265 1948 6 EUR 65.0 / US$ 65.00 221 pp. Swets & Zeitlinger Lisse, Netherlands The Foreword to this...

Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom Larry Cuban 2001 ISBN 0-674-01109-0 US $27.95 244 pp. Harvard University Press Cambridge, MA http://www.hup.harvard.edu/ "Computers have been oversold and underused, at least for now,"...

Technology for Literacy Teaching and Learning.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Technology for Literacy Teaching and Learning William J. Valmont 2003 ISBN 0-618-06855-4 US $49.56 paper 317 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company College Division Boston, MA While today's undergraduate training programs for future educators often...

Optimal psycholinguistic environments for distance foreign language learning.
September 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Rational choices among the numerous technological options available for foreign language teaching need to be based, in part, on psycholinguistic considerations. Which technological advances help create an optimal psycholinguistic...

Flexibility and interaction at a distance: a mixed-mode environment for language learning.
September 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This article reports on the process of design and development of two language courses for university students at beginning levels of competence. Following a preliminary experience in a low-tech environment for distance language...

Meeting the needs of distance learners.
September 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This study draws on the experience of a cohort of 22 multinational and multilingual students enrolled in a Master in Education (MEd) distance learning program administered by a British university. It's purpose is to locate the...

Online learning: patterns of engagement and interaction among in-service teachers.
September 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Language teacher education programs attempt to foster collaboration amongst pre-service and in-service teachers. The approach is in place in an online teacher education program in a Midwestern university where the current study...

Using native speakers in chat.
September 1, 2003... ABSTRACT SLA research indicates that negotiation promotes interlanguage development and that learners are most likely to negotiate if opportunities for oral interaction are provided. In the case of campusbased students, learners' progress...

Extending the scope of tele-collaborative projects.
September 1, 2003... A commentary inspired by Jean W. LeLoup & Robert Ponterio's "tele-collaborative projects: monsters.com?" (Language Learning & Technology, Volume 7, Number 2) At its best, the Web provides a stimulating source of language teaching ideas....