
Brave New Digital Classroom
Technology and Foreign Language Learning, Third Edition
Georgetown University Press
3rd Edition
Published on 20. February 2020
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-62616-739-1 (ISBN)
Description
Robert Blake, now with Gabriel Guillen, updates his successful book (1st ed. 2008, 2nd ed. 2013) on how to teach foreign languages using technology. Brave New Digital Classroom touches on all of the key concepts and challenges of teaching with technology, focusing on issues specific to FLL or L2 learning and CALL. Originally referred to as computer-assisted language learning, CALL has come to encompass any kind of learning that uses digital tools for language learning.
This edition reframes the conversation to account for how technology has been integrated into our lives. Blake and Guillen address the ways technology can help with L2, how to choose the right digital tools, how to use those tools effectively, and how technology can impact literacy and identity. The book is primed for use in graduate courses: terminology is in bold and a comprehensive glossary is included; each chapter finishes with a short list of references for further reading on the topic and discussion questions. The authors provide short interview videos (free via GUP website) to enhance discussions on each chapter's topic.
This edition reframes the conversation to account for how technology has been integrated into our lives. Blake and Guillen address the ways technology can help with L2, how to choose the right digital tools, how to use those tools effectively, and how technology can impact literacy and identity. The book is primed for use in graduate courses: terminology is in bold and a comprehensive glossary is included; each chapter finishes with a short list of references for further reading on the topic and discussion questions. The authors provide short interview videos (free via GUP website) to enhance discussions on each chapter's topic.
Reviews / Votes
[T]his book is well written, informative, highly readable, and relevant. * CALICO Journal * Brave New Digital Classroom is concise but comprehensive, well-written, and an insightful book with a survey of today's digital technologies that offer many opportunities for L2 development. This book is a must-read for L2 teachers, L2 teacher educators, and even administrators and other decision-making stakeholders... * Linguist List * ...the authors merit accolades for having produced a publication that is, like the first and second editions, a major work that will enhance the knowledge of practitioners, budding teachers, and researchers alike. * Hispania *More details
Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington, DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62616-739-1 (9781626167391)
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Robert J. Blake | Gabriel Guillén
Brave New Digital Classroom
Technology and Foreign Language Learning, Third Edition
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02/2020
3rd Edition
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02/2013
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Persons
Robert J. Blake is a distinguished professor of Spanish linguistics and director of the Davis Language Center at the University of California, Davis. He has developed online Spanish courses and, with Eve Zyzik, coauthored El espanol y la lingueistica aplicada.
Gabriel A. Guillen is an assistant professor of Spanish at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and an active practitioner in the field of language learning and technology. His research focuses on local and online intercultural exchanges and the use of language-learning social networks in the context of hybrid language education.
Gabriel A. Guillen is an assistant professor of Spanish at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and an active practitioner in the field of language learning and technology. His research focuses on local and online intercultural exchanges and the use of language-learning social networks in the context of hybrid language education.
Content
Foreword, Steven L. Thorne
Introduction: From Talking to Telling Tales in a Multilingual Digital World
1. Can Technology Help with L2 Learning?
2. What Is the Right Technological Fit for L2 Learning?
3. How Does the Digital World Shape Our Social Interactions?
4. Which Digital Tools Work for L2 Learning?
5. Games for Language Learning
6. Digital Literacy and L2 Identity
Epilogue: Brave New Digital L2 Classroom, Revisited
Glossary
References
Index
About the Authors
Introduction: From Talking to Telling Tales in a Multilingual Digital World
1. Can Technology Help with L2 Learning?
2. What Is the Right Technological Fit for L2 Learning?
3. How Does the Digital World Shape Our Social Interactions?
4. Which Digital Tools Work for L2 Learning?
5. Games for Language Learning
6. Digital Literacy and L2 Identity
Epilogue: Brave New Digital L2 Classroom, Revisited
Glossary
References
Index
About the Authors