Emerging technologies: language in action: from webquests to
virtual realities.
English is the lingua franca of the Internet and as a consequence
the World Wide Web offers a rich bounty for ESL and EFL teachers and
learners. It also represents a vast repository of . . .
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 . . .
Streaming Speech.
Title Streaming Speech
Author Richard Cauldwell
Platform PC
Minimum hardware Windows based multimedia computer, Processor at
requirements least 350MHz, . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
On the net: virtual museums on the web: El Museo
Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Museums and Culture
Big "C" culture is en essential component of the foreign
language classroom in so far as it helps students better understand what
is important to native speakers from their . . .
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, . . .
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, . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
News from sponsoring organizations.
Sponsors
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
(NFLRC) Michigan State University Center for Language Education and
Research (CLEAR)
Co-Sponsors
Apprentissage des . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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