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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
Michigan State University Center for Language Education and
Research (CLEAR).
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 . . .
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 Summer Institutes for language professionals among its . . .
Bots as language learning tools.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES)
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 . . .
Foreign Language Teachers' greatest hits.(ON THE
NET)(Foreign Language Teaching Forum)
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 . . .
From the editors.
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 . . .
Exploring the relationship between electronic literacy and
heritage language maintenance.
ABSTRACT
This paper focuses on the electronic literacy practices of two
Korean-American heritage language learners who manage Korean weblogs.
Online users deliberately alter standard forms of . . .
Playing the videotext: a media literacy perspective on
video-mediated L2 listening.
ABSTRACT
Adopting a literacy perspective towards student interactions with
digital media can extend and develop views of second language (L2)
listening comprehension. In this case study, . . .
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