New Technologies and Language Learning

by Li Li

Overview

This research-led textbook investigates the use of new technologies for language learning, linking theory to practice. The book synthesises previous technology use (including Computer Assisted Language Learning) theory and research, and describes practical applications for both second and foreign language classrooms, including detailed examples of these applications and the procedures for evaluating them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350308091
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	04/24/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Li Li is Senior Lecturer in Language Education at the University of Exeter, UK. She has been involved in English language teaching and research for nearly 20 years in various cultural contexts, and has published widely on language education. She has guest edited the journal Thinking Skills and Creativity, and serves as editorial board member for Classroom Discourse. She is the author of Social Interaction and Teacher Cognition (Edinburgh University Press, 2017) and co-editor, with R Wegerif and J C Kaufman, of The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Teaching Thinking (Routledge, 2015).

Table of Contents

PART A: OVERVIEW
1. Overview of new technologies in language education
2. The role of technology, motivation and SLA
PART B: TECHNOLOGY, LANGUAGE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
3. Technology and developing interactional competence
4. Technology, collaborative writing and online literacy
5. Technology for lexico-grammatical acquisition
6. Technology and ESP
PART C: MATERIALS, FEEDBACK AND TEACHERS
7. e-learning material evaluation and design
8. Feedback and alternative assessment
9. Language teachers and new technologies.

Editorial Reviews

Li's book is concise and accessible, and will attract a wide range of readership. It promises to be an essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying language teacher training programmes, and more specifically MA TESOL degrees. It is also an excellent resource for academics pursuing a research-led teaching methodology. As such, it has already taken its place in the list of essential reading for my CALL module at Newcastle University.” —H. Müge Satar, tesol Quarterly, Vol. 52 (1)

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