Language, Learning & Technology articles from September 2006

Language, Learning & Technology archives from September 2006

From the editors.
September 1, 2006... It is our pleasure to introduce Volume 10, Number 3 of Language Learning & Technology, a regular issue of our journal. We hope all of you had a restful and productive summer and are ready to meet the challenges of a new academic year. Please...

Foreign Language Teachers' greatest hits.(ON THE NET)(Foreign Language Teaching Forum)
September 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION The World Wide Web is very much a part of many people's everyday lives now, whether it be for personal or professional reasons. The Foreign Language Teaching Forum (FLTEACH) was inaugurated in February of 1994 to provide a...

Bots as language learning tools.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES)
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT Foreign Language Learning (FLL) students commonly have few opportunities to use their target language. Teachers in FLL situations do their best to create opportunities during classes through pair or group work, but a variety of...

University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
September 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. 2007 PRAGMATICS & LANGUAGE...

Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).
September 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, and foreign language research. CELBRATING TEN YEARS! CLEAR...

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).
September 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...

Review of World Link Intro--Student Book and Video Course.(World Link Intro: Developing English Fluency)(Audiovisual review)
September 1, 2006... World Link Intro: Developing English Fluency Susan Stempleski Nancy Douglas James R. Morgan Andy Curtis 2005 Student Book: ISBN 08384-0661-0 US $ 20.95 154 pp. Audio CDs: ISBN 0-8384-4614-0 US $50.95 Workbook: ISBN 0-8384-2522-4 US...

Review of The Heinle Picture Dictionary--Interactive CD-ROM.(Product/service evaluation)
September 1, 2006... REVIEW OF THE HEINLE PICTURE DICTIONARY--INTERACTIVE CD-ROM Title The Heinle Picture Dictionary--Interactive CD-ROM Platform Windows[R] 98, ME, 2000, XP ...

Review of Side By Side Interactive.(Product/service evaluation)
September 1, 2006... REVIEW OF SIDE BY SIDE INTERACTIVE Title Side by Side--Interactive CD-ROM, levels 1 and 2 Platform Windows[R] 98, ME, 2000, XP Mac OS[R] 9.1 or later...

Review of the Internet and Young Learners.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... The Internet and Young Learners Gordon Lewis 2004 ISBN 0194421821 US $23.95 (paperback) 140 pp. Oxford University Press Oxford, UK The introduction of The Internet and Young Learners suggests an aim of "putting the EFL teacher in a...

E-Learning and the development of intercultural competence.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT This study presents findings on the efficacy of an online learning environment developed to foster EFL students' intercultural competence via reading articles on topics of their own culture and communicating their responses with...

ESL students' computer-mediated communication practices: context configuration.(english as second language)
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT This paper examines how context is configured in ESL students' language learning practices through computer-mediated communication (CMC). Specifically, I focus on how a group of ESL students jointly constructed the context of...

L1 and L2 glosses: their effects on incidental vocabulary learning.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT This study examined the effectiveness of L1 and L2 glosses on incidental vocabulary learning in a multimedia environment. The investigation included the effects of additional pictorial cues in L1 and L2 glosses, and how these...

Noticing and text-based chat.(online chat)
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT This study examined the capacity of text-based online chat to promote learners' noticing of their problematic language productions and of the interactional feedback from their interlocutors. In this study, twelve ESL learners...