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Reading comprehension exercises online: the effects of feedback, proficiency and interaction.
This paper describes an ongoing project to create an online version of a reading programme, a custom-designed English language proficiency course at a university in Japan. Following an interactionis . . .

Reading authentic EFL text using visualization and advance organizers in a multimedia learning environment.
The purpose of this experimental study was to compare the effects of different types of computer-generated visuals (static versus animated) and advance organizers (descriptive versus question) in en . . .

Vocabulary learning in an automated graded reading program.
Adult L2 learners are often encouraged to acquire new words through reading in order to promote language proficiency. Yet preparing suitable reading texts is often a challenge for teachers because t . . .

Computing the vocabulary demands of L2 reading.
Linguistic computing can make two important contributions to second language (L2) reading instruction. One is to resolve longstanding research issues that are based on an insufficiency of data for t . . .

Review of Le chandail de hockey CD-ROM.
Le chandail de hockey is an interactive CD-ROM based on a famous Roch Carrier short story and features the animated film Le chandail de hockey (The Hockey Sweater) made by the National Film Board of . . .

Review of eSpindle Vocabulary & Spelling Program online.
The ability to successfully make sound-to-symbol connections is seen both as a key enabler of functional literacy (Norton, Kovelman, & Petitto, 2007) and as an integral component in reading acquisit . . .

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
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 cult . . .

Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
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 re . . .

University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
The University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center engages in research and materials development projects and conducts workshops and conferences for language professionals among its . . .

Emerging technologies e-texts, mobile browsing, and rich Internet applications.
Online reading is evolving beyond the perusal of static documents with Web pages inviting readers to become commentators, collaborators, and critics. The much-ballyhooed Web 2.0 is essentially a tra . . .

LiTgloss.(ON THE NET)
INTRODUCTION Reading in a second language (L2) is important for a variety of reasons (see LeLoup & Ponterio, 2000). Reading authentic materials, in particular, allows L2 learners to engage with na . . .

From the special issue editor.(Editorial)
What is new in reading and technology research? An answer suggested by the contributions in this special issue of Language Learning & Technology is fresh confidence in taking on some of the big ques . . .

From the editors.
We hope you have had a productive and rejuvenating summer. Our journal received 49 submissions this summer! This kept us all very busy. We are delighted to present Volume 11, Number 3 of Language Le . . .

Commentary: open access to research and the individual responsibility of researchers.
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 . . .

Abdullah's blogging: a generation 1.5 student enters the blogosphere.(second language learners)
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 class . . .

Culture, culture learning and new technologies: towards a pedagogical framework.
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 withi . . .

Activity theory perspective on student-reported contradictions in international telecollaboration.
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 . . .

Students writing emails to faculty: an examination of e-politeness among native and non-native speakers of English.
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-impositio . . .

Manipulating L2 learners' online dictionary use and its effect on L2 word retention.(second language)
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 Vo . . .

Mastering Polish with Two Audio CDs, 3d ed.(Book review)
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 frequentl . . .

Call Dimensions: Options and Issues in Computer-Assisted Language Learning.(Book review)
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 Erl . . .

Call Research Perspectives.(Book review)
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 . . .

News from sponsoring organizations.
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 Ling . . .

Tools and trends in self-paced language instruction.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES)
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 . . .

Introducing standardized EFL/ESL exams.(English as a foreign language, English as a second language)
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 Sys . . .

From the editors.
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 . . .

Commentary: learner-based listening and technological authenticity.
You dropped a hundred and fifty grand on an education you could've picked up for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library. Good Will Hunting, 1997 Language teachers know that even th . . .

Commentary: I'm only trying to help: a role for interventions in teaching listening.
INTRODUCTION In my work as an author and teacher trainer, I have the opportunity to travel around the world and talk to teachers in a variety of settings. Though I meet teachers with a range of ba . . .

Using digital stories to improve listening comprehension with Spanish young learners of English.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects that digital stories may have on the understanding of spoken English by a group of 6-year-old Spanish learners. To accomplish this aim, a quasi-experimenta . . .

Are they watching? Test-taker viewing behavior during an 12 video listening test.
ABSTRACT The accessibility of video technology has made it possible to utilize both the auditory and visual channels to present listening texts in the second language (L2) classroom and on L2 list . . .

Help options and multimedia listening: students' use of subtitles and the transcript.
ABSTRACT As multimedia language learning materials become prevalent in foreign and second language classrooms, their design is an important avenue of research in Computer-Assisted Language Learnin . . .

Review of Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research to New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching.(Book review)
Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research to New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching Lara Ducate and Nike Arnold (Editors) 2006 ISBN 1085-2999 351 pp. Computer Assisted Language Instructio . . .

Review of business connections elementary--pre-intermediate.
The back cover of Business Connections--Lab Workstation Version software promises a "multimedia course that teaches students to communicate effectively in business situations." It goes on to add tha . . .

Review of Distance Education and Languages: Evolution and Change.(Book review)
Distance Education and Languages: Evolution and Change Borje Holmberg, Monica Shelley, Cynthia White (Editors) New Perspectives on Language and Education Series Editor: Viv Edwards 2005 ISBN 1 . . .

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).(Brief article)
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 cult . . .

Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)
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 re . . .

University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC).
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 Li . . .

Digital video update: YouTube, flash, high-definition.(Column)
I last devoted an entire column to new developments in video technologies in May, 1998. At that time, I wrote about such new developments as the DVD, MPEG-2, and HDTV ("high-definition TV"--slated f . . .

Listening: you've got to be carefully taught.
INTRODUCTION Listening is arguably the most important skill required for obtaining comprehensible input in one's first and any subsequent languages. It is a pervasive communicative event: we liste . . .

From the special issue editor.
Thanks to recent technology developments the future of listening in language learning is bright. In addition to dedicated CD-ROM and networked-based multimedia, online audio and video offer the pote . . .

From the editors.
Welcome to our special issue on Technology and Listening Comprehension, a theme that runs throughout the articles, commentary, and columns of this issue. Special thanks go to Phil Hubbard for serv . . .

Noticing and text-based chat.(online chat)
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 interlocuto . . .

L1 and L2 glosses: their effects on incidental vocabulary learning.
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 cu . . .

ESL students' computer-mediated communication practices: context configuration.(english as second language)
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 stude . . .

E-Learning and the development of intercultural competence.
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 cultu . . .

Review of the Internet and Young Learners.(Book review)
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 . . .

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

Review of The Heinle Picture Dictionary--Interactive CD-ROM.(Product/service evaluation)
REVIEW OF THE HEINLE PICTURE DICTIONARY--INTERACTIVE CD-ROM Title The Heinle Picture Dictionary--Interactive CD-ROM Platform Windows[R . . .

Review of World Link Intro--Student Book and Video Course.(World Link Intro: Developing English Fluency)(Audiovisual review)
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 $ . . .

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