Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Published on 22. November 2012
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-1-4411-9362-9 (ISBN)
Description
Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is a comprehensive, one-volume work written by leading international figures in the field focusing on a wide range of theoretical and methodological issues. It explains key terms and concepts, synthesizes the research literature and explores the implications of new and emerging technologies.
The book includes chapters on key aspects for CALL such as design, teacher education, evaluation, teaching online and testing, as well as new trends such as social media. The volume takes a broad look at CALL and explores how a variety of theoretical approaches have emerged as influences including socio-cultural theory, constructivism and new literacy studies. A glossary of terms to support those new to CALL as well as to allow those already engaged in the field to deepen their existing knowledge is also provided. Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning is essential reading for postgraduate students of language teaching as well as researchers in related fields involved in the study of computer-assisted learning.
The book includes chapters on key aspects for CALL such as design, teacher education, evaluation, teaching online and testing, as well as new trends such as social media. The volume takes a broad look at CALL and explores how a variety of theoretical approaches have emerged as influences including socio-cultural theory, constructivism and new literacy studies. A glossary of terms to support those new to CALL as well as to allow those already engaged in the field to deepen their existing knowledge is also provided. Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning is essential reading for postgraduate students of language teaching as well as researchers in related fields involved in the study of computer-assisted learning.
Reviews / Votes
This book has a wide range of topics and would be useful for language teachers, education technologists and researchers who have a desire to understand more about how technology can be used in language acquisition. * Association for Learning Technology #altc blog * The current volume amply demonstrates that CALL has developed massively in terms of the expertise it can draw upon. The authors in this book are highly regarded as experts and most if not all have spent long years researching their chosen topics. If we were to compare this work with one of even a decade ago, the differences would be resounding... This contextual understanding and attention to detail is evident chapter by chapter, topic by topics in this volume. Cumulatively, the text represents a huge resource for anyone involved in the research and practice of CALL, both old hands and newcomers alike... This now leads me to what has impressed me so much about this book on topics present and accounted for, the discussion is state-of-the-art and written by top experts in the field. It will not surprise you, therefore, that I wholeheartedly recommend it to you. -- Professor Mike Levy, The University of Queensland, Australia (From the Foreword)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
894 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-9362-9 (9781441193629)
DOI
CBID162237
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Michael Thomas | Hayo Reinders | Mark Warschauer
Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning
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11/2012
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic USA
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Michael Thomas | Hayo Reinders | Mark Warschauer
Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning
E-Book
11/2012
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic USA
€86.39
Available for download
Persons
Michael Thomas is Senior Lecturer in Language Learning Technologies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, and Editor of International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments.
Hayo Reinders is Head of Learner Development at Middlesex University, London, UK, and Editor of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching.
Mark Warschauer is a Professor in the Department of Education and the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, and co-editor of Language Learning and Technology.
Hayo Reinders is Head of Learner Development at Middlesex University, London, UK, and Editor of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching.
Mark Warschauer is a Professor in the Department of Education and the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, and co-editor of Language Learning and Technology.
Content
Notes on Contributors
\ Foreword by Mike Levy \ List of
Figures and Tables \ Chapter 1: Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language
Learning: The Role of Digital Media and Incremental Change, Michael Thomas,
Hayo Reinders and Mark Warschauer \ SECTION
I: The CALL Context \ Section
Introduction, Michael Thomas, Hayo Reinders and Mark Warschauer \ Chapter
2: Historical
Perspectives on CALL, Graham Davies, Sue E. K. Otto and Bernd Rueschoff \ Chapter 3: Researching
Language Learning in the Age of Social Media, Carla Meskill and Joy
Quah \ Chapter 4: Second Language Teacher Education for CALL:
An Alignment of Practice and Theory, Gary Motteram, Diane Slaouti and
Zeynep Onat-Stelma \ Chapter 5: Research on Computers in Language Testing:
Past, Present and Future, James Dean Brown \ Chapter 6:Materials
Design in CALL: Social Presence in Online Environments, Mirjam Hauck and Sylvia Warnecke \ SECTION II: CALL Learning Environments \ Section Introduction, Hayo Reinders,
Michael Thomas and Mark Warschauer \ Chapter 7: Telecollaboration and CALL, Robert O'Dowd
\ Chapter 8: Distance CALL Online, Marie-Noelle Lamy \ Chaper 9: Language Learning in Virtual Worlds: Research
and Practice, Randall Sadler
and Melinda Dooly \ Chapter 10: Digital Games and Language Learning, Chun
Lai, Ruhui Ni and Yong Zhao \ Chapter 11: Mobile-Assisted Language Learning, lGlenn
Stockwell \ Chapter 12: CALL in Low-Tech
Contexts, Dafne Gonzalez and Rubena
St. Louis \ SECTION III: CALL
in Language Education \ Section
Introduction, Michael Thomas, Hayo Reinders and Mark Warschauer \ Chapter
13: Intelligent
Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Mathias Schulze and Trude Heift \ Chapter
14: Technology-Enhanced
Reading Environments, Youngmin Park, Binbin Zheng, Joshua Lawrence and Mark
Warschauer \
Chapter 15: The Role of Technology in Teaching and Researching Writing, Volker
Hegelheimer and Jooyoung
Lee \ Chapter 16: CALL and Less Commonly Taught Languages, Richard
M. Robin \ Chapter 17: CALL and Digital Feedback, Paige Ware
and Greg Kessler \ Chapter 18: Task-Based Language Teaching and CALL, Michael
Thomas \
Chapter 19: CALL and Learner Autonomy: Affordances and
Constraints, Hayo Reinders and Philip Hubbard \ Glossary and Abbreviations
\ Foreword by Mike Levy \ List of
Figures and Tables \ Chapter 1: Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language
Learning: The Role of Digital Media and Incremental Change, Michael Thomas,
Hayo Reinders and Mark Warschauer \ SECTION
I: The CALL Context \ Section
Introduction, Michael Thomas, Hayo Reinders and Mark Warschauer \ Chapter
2: Historical
Perspectives on CALL, Graham Davies, Sue E. K. Otto and Bernd Rueschoff \ Chapter 3: Researching
Language Learning in the Age of Social Media, Carla Meskill and Joy
Quah \ Chapter 4: Second Language Teacher Education for CALL:
An Alignment of Practice and Theory, Gary Motteram, Diane Slaouti and
Zeynep Onat-Stelma \ Chapter 5: Research on Computers in Language Testing:
Past, Present and Future, James Dean Brown \ Chapter 6:Materials
Design in CALL: Social Presence in Online Environments, Mirjam Hauck and Sylvia Warnecke \ SECTION II: CALL Learning Environments \ Section Introduction, Hayo Reinders,
Michael Thomas and Mark Warschauer \ Chapter 7: Telecollaboration and CALL, Robert O'Dowd
\ Chapter 8: Distance CALL Online, Marie-Noelle Lamy \ Chaper 9: Language Learning in Virtual Worlds: Research
and Practice, Randall Sadler
and Melinda Dooly \ Chapter 10: Digital Games and Language Learning, Chun
Lai, Ruhui Ni and Yong Zhao \ Chapter 11: Mobile-Assisted Language Learning, lGlenn
Stockwell \ Chapter 12: CALL in Low-Tech
Contexts, Dafne Gonzalez and Rubena
St. Louis \ SECTION III: CALL
in Language Education \ Section
Introduction, Michael Thomas, Hayo Reinders and Mark Warschauer \ Chapter
13: Intelligent
Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Mathias Schulze and Trude Heift \ Chapter
14: Technology-Enhanced
Reading Environments, Youngmin Park, Binbin Zheng, Joshua Lawrence and Mark
Warschauer \
Chapter 15: The Role of Technology in Teaching and Researching Writing, Volker
Hegelheimer and Jooyoung
Lee \ Chapter 16: CALL and Less Commonly Taught Languages, Richard
M. Robin \ Chapter 17: CALL and Digital Feedback, Paige Ware
and Greg Kessler \ Chapter 18: Task-Based Language Teaching and CALL, Michael
Thomas \
Chapter 19: CALL and Learner Autonomy: Affordances and
Constraints, Hayo Reinders and Philip Hubbard \ Glossary and Abbreviations