Language, Learning & Technology

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From the special section editor.
The theme of the special section of this issue is one that in many quarters is taken for granted. English is considered the language of the Internet and conversely, the Internet itself encourages th . . .

From the editors.(Periodical Review)
Welcome to Volume 8, Number 3 of Language Learning & Technology. This issue is somewhat different from previous regular issues in that it offers a special section on Global Englishes, in addition . . .

Negotiating cultures in cyberspace: participation patterns and problematics (1).
ABSTRACT In this paper we report findings of a multidisciplinary study of online participation by culturally diverse participants in a distance adult education course offered in Canada and examine . . .

It's just a game, right? Types of play in foreign language CMC.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the various playful uses of language that occurred during a semester-long study of two German language courses using one type of synchronous network-based medium, th . . .

A task-cycling pedagogy using stimulated reflection and audio-conferencing in foreign language learning (1).
ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to describe a task-cycling pedagogy for language learning using a technique we have called Stimulated Reflection. This pedagogical approach has been developed in . . .

How a Web-based course facilitates acquisition of English for academic purposes.
ABSTRACT This paper describes an experimental study aimed at investigating the learning effectiveness of a Web-based course called Academic English (EAP) for Japanese learners of English. The main . . .

Streaming Speech.
Title Streaming Speech Author Richard Cauldwell Platform PC Minimum hardware Windows based multimedia computer, Processor at requirements least 350MHz, W . . .

The Internet and the Language Classroom: a Practical Guide for Teachers.(Book Review)
The Internet and the Language Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers Gavin Dudeney 2000 ISBN 0521783739 US $24.00 192 pp. Cambridge University Press 40 West 20th Street New York, . . .

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-Sponsors Apprentissage des La . . .

Emerging technologies: learning objects: scorn or SCORM?
In the communities dealing with the design and implementation of on-line teaching and training (higher education, government, industry), SCORM is a hot topic these days. The "Sharable Content Object . . .

On the net: Internet television news in the classroom TF1: improved features make sites more useful.
Truly current, up-to-the-minute video by native speakers using the language for real communication can make the language and culture come alive for students. With the explosion of broadband Internet . . .

From the editors.(Editorial)
Welcome to Volume 8, Number 2 of Language Learning & Technology. In this issue we bring you four articles. Jin Chen, Safia Belkada, and Toshio Okamoto's "How a Web-Based Course Facilitates Acquisi . . .

Learners' perspectives on networked collaborative interaction with native speakers of Spanish in the US.
ABSTRACT In this paper, I discuss a network-based collaborative project that focused on the learning conditions non-native speakers (NNSs) of Spanish perceived to be necessary to satisfactoraly co . . .

Towards an effective use of audio conferencing in distance language courses.
ABSTRACT In order to respond to learners' need for more flexible speaking opportunities and to overcome the geographical challenge of students spread over the United Kingdom and continental Wester . . .

Composition medium comparability in a direct writing assessment of non-native English speakers.
ABSTRACT The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) contains a direct writing assessment, and examinees are given the option of composing their responses at a computer terminal using a keyb . . .

Generalization of computer-assisted prosody training: quantitative and qualitative findings (1).
ABSTRACT Two experiments investigated the effectiveness of computer-assisted prosody training, its generalization to novel sentences and segmental accuracy, and the relationship between prosodic a . . .

Business English: Meetings.(Review)
Title Business English: Meetings Platform Windows 95, 98, or NT Macintosh 7.5 + Minimum Hardware Windows: Pentium PC; Macintosh: Power PC processor; Requirements 16 M . . .

Connected Speech.(Review)
Title Connected Speech (North American English), 2000 Platform PC Minimum Hardware Pentium 200 MHz multimedia computer with Windows 98 Requirements or higher, microph . . .

Conversation and Technology.(Book Review)
Conversation and Technology Ian Hutchby 2001 ISBN 0-7456-2111-2 (pbk) 15.99 [pounds sterling] (US $35.95) 221 pp. Polity Press Cambridge, England Overview Within the early pages of . . .

International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT).
Established in 1965, IALLT (formerly IALL) is a professional organization whose members provide leadership in the development, integration, evaluation, and management of instructional technology for . . .

European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL).
EUROCALL is an association of language teaching professionals from Europe and worldwide aiming to * Promote the use of foreign languages within Europe * Provide a European focus for all aspects . . .

Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO).
Since its inception in 1983, CALICO has served as an international forum for language teachers who want to develop and utilize the potential of advanced technology to support their teaching and rese . . .

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 . . .

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota (CARLA).
CARLA is one of several National Language Resource Centers whose role is to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively. Launched in 1993 with funding from the nat . . .

Apprentissage des Langues et Systemes d'Information et de Communication (ALSIC).(Language Learning and Information and Communica
ALSIC (Language Learning and Information and Communication Systems, http://alsic.org/) is an electronic journal in French for researchers and practitioners in fields related to applied linguistics, . . .

Australian Technology Enhanced Language Learning Consortium (ATELL).(Computer Assisted Language Learning)
Contacts: Assoc. Prof. Mike Levy, Griffith University (michael.levy@mailbox.gu.edu.au) Dr. Robert Debski, The University of Melbourne (r.debski@hlc.unimelb.edu.au) ATELL is pleased to announce the . . .

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. To meet its goals, projects focus on foreign language research, materials development, and professi . . .

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

Emerging technologies: making the web dynamic: DOM and DAV.(Document Object Model)(Distributed Authoring and Versioning)
Five years ago, in the January, 1998, issue of LLT, I wrote a column on Dynamic Web Page Creation, discussing options for Web interactivity and bemoaning incompatibilities among browsers. In the cur . . .

On the net: ICT4LT--information and communications technology for language teachers.
Foreign language (FL) teachers have long been leaders in the use of technology in the classroom, from short wave radio and newspapers, to film strips, to tape recorders, to records, 16 mm films, vid . . .

From the editors.
We are pleased to bring you Volume 8, Number 1 of Language Learning & Technology. There have been a few administrative changes at LLT. Mark Warschauer resigned as Editor shortly after our Septembe . . .

Extending the scope of tele-collaborative projects.
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 stimul . . .

Using native speakers in chat.
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 o . . .

Online learning: patterns of engagement and interaction among in-service teachers.
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 Midwe . . .

Meeting the needs of distance learners.
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 un . . .

Flexibility and interaction at a distance: a mixed-mode environment for language learning.
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 lo . . .

Optimal psycholinguistic environments for distance foreign language learning.
ABSTRACT Rational choices among the numerous technological options available for foreign language teaching need to be based, in part, on psycholinguistic considerations. Which technological advanc . . .

Technology for Literacy Teaching and Learning.(Book Review)
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 tr . . .

Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom.(Book Review)
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 ove . . .

Language Learning Online: Toward Best Practice.(Book Review)
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 Li . . .

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-Sponsors Apprentissage des La . . .

Tools for distance education: toward convergence and integration.(Emerging Technologies)
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, . . .

Interactive and multimedia techniques in online language lessons: a sampler.(On The Net)
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 Cl . . .

From the special issue editor.
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 r . . .

From the editors.(Language Learning and Technology)
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 . . .

Negotiation of meaning and codeswitching in online tandems.(International Tandem Network)
ABSTRACT This paper analyses negotiation of meaning and codeswitching in discourse between 29 language students from classes at a German and a North American university, who teamed up with their p . . .

Understanding the "other side": intercultural learning in a Spanish-English e-mail exchange.
ABSTRACT Intercultural learning is often assumed to be an automatic benefit of e-mail exchanges between groups of learners in different countries, but little research exists on whether on-line int . . .

Linguistic perspectives on the development of intercultural competence in telecollaboration (1).
ABSTRACT It is widely reported (e.g., Belz & Muller-Hartmann, 2002; Kern, 1996; Kinginger, in press; Warschauer & Kern, 2000) that the goals of telecollaborative language study are the development . . .

Artifacts and cultures-of-use in intercultural communication.
ABSTRACT This article develops a conceptual framework for understanding how intercultural communication, mediated by cultural artifacts (i.e., Internet communication tools), creates compelling, pr . . .

Pronunciacion y Fonetica, version 2.1.
Name of Product Pronunciacion y Fonetica, version 2.1 Patricia V. Lunn, Michigan State University (program author) Claire Bradin an . . .