Mode, meaning, and synaesthesia in multimedia L2 writing.
ABSTRACT
This study of digital storytelling attempts to apply Kress's
(2003) notions of synaesthesia, transformation, and transduction to the
analysis of four undergraduate L2 writers' multimedia . . .
The development of e-mail literacy: from writing to peers to
writing to authority figures.
ABSTRACT
Though e-mail has become a common interpersonal communication
medium, it does not mean that this medium is used without difficulty.
While people can write e-mails to peers in any manner . . .
Review of Beginner's Chinese and Intermediate Chinese.(Book
review)
Beginner's Chinese with Two Audio CDs
Yong Ho
1997
ISBN 0-7818-1095-7
US $25
188 pp.
Hippocrene Books, Inc.
New York, USA
Intermediate Chinese with Two Audio CDs
Yong Ho
2004
. . .
Review of Literacy in the New Media Age.(Book review)
Literacy in the New Media Age
Gunther Kress
2003
ISBN 0-415-25356-X
US $31.95 (paperback); $105.00 (hardback)
208 pp.
Routledge
New York, USA
That much of the writing we encounter . . .
Review of Literate Lives in the Information Age: Narratives of
Literacy from the United States.(Book review)
Literate Lives in the Information Age: Narratives of Literacy
from the Unites States
Cynthia L. Selfe and Gail E. Hawisher
2004
ISBN 0-8508-4314-0
US $32.50
259 pp.
Lawrence Erlbaum . . .
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 . . .
Emerging technologies: tag clouds in the blogosphere: electronic
literacy and social networking.
Electronic literacy today is a moving target. How and why we read
and write online are evolving at the fast pace of Internet time. One of
the most striking developments in the past few years has . . .
On the net: Wikipedia: a multilingual treasure trove.
INTRODUCTION
Encyclopedias are excellent sources of basic introductory
information on historical and cultural topics for foreign language (FL)
students. The articles in these reference works do . . .
From the special issue editor.(language learning, electronic
literacy)(Editorial)
It is my pleasure to introduce this special issue of LLT on
electronic literacy. The contributing authors take on the large and
challenging questions that new forms of electronic . . .
From the editors.(electronic literacy, language
learning)(Editorial)
Welcome to Volume 10, Number 2 of Language Learning &
Technology, a special issue on electronic literacy. We are very grateful
to Carla Meskill who has done an outstanding job of guest editing . . .
Integrating corpus consultation in language studies.
ABSTRACT
Alongside developments in language research, the potential of
corpora as a resource in language learning and teaching has been evident
to researchers and teachers since the late 1960s. . . .
Expanding academic vocabulary with an interactive on-line
database.
ABSTRACT
University students used a set of existing and purpose-built
on-line tools for vocabulary learning in an experimental ESL course. The
resources included concordance, dictionary, . . .
"Missed" communication in online communication:
tensions in a German-American telecollaboration.
This qualitative study explores the factors that contributed to
limited interactional involvement in a telecollaborative project linking
two groups of participants: 12 advanced-level students of . . .
Rapport-building through call in teaching Chinese as a foreign
language: an exploratory study.
ABSTRACT
Technological advances have brought about the ever-increasing
utilisation of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) media in the
learning of a second language (L2). Computer-mediated . . .
Communication topics and strategies in e-mail consultation:
comparison between American and international university
students.
ABSTRACT
On today's "wired" college campuses, students avail
themselves in increasing numbers of electronic channels, most notably
e-mail, as a means to consult with their professors. While some . . .
Are you ready to "Moodle"?
INTRODUCTION
With the rapidly increasing popularity of the Internet in recent
years, the delivery of learning programs has gradually shifted from
local desktop to online-based applications. While . . .
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 . . .
Ajax and Firefox: new Web applications and browsers.(EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES)
Five years ago (May, 2000), this column dealt with "Web
Browser Trends and Technologies." Ten years ago marks the arrival
of several major Web players including Yahoo, eBay, and Amazon. It was
also . . .
Vocabulary support for independent online reading.(ON THE
NET)
Frequent reading practice is one of the best ways to develop
vocabulary and improve reading comprehension. Extensive reading (reading
large amounts of text without worrying too much about details . . .
From the editors.(Editorial)
Welcome to Volume 9, Number 2, a regular issue of Language Learning
& Technology. In this issue, we bring you five articles.
In "Communication Topics and Strategies in E-mail
Consultation: . . .
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