ICT and language learning : from print to the mobile phone / Marie-Madeleine Kenning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kenning, M.-M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Computer-assisted instruction.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

x, 225 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

Offering a novel perspective, the book explores the interplay of ICT and language learning from the printing press to the mobile phone. It considers how technological advances (through their impact on communication, language education and language learning itself) affect not only how languages are learnt and taught, but also what kind of language is (or should be) learnt and taught. As well as identifying some recurrent themes and concerns, the approach highlights the multifaceted and complex nature of language study and its evolutionary dimension.

Contents:

1 Technology as an Agent of Change 1

Pervasiveness of technological determinism 3

Myth number one: technology determines its own uses and effects 6

Myth number two: the changes brought by technology are inevitable 9

Myth number three: inventions as revolutions 12

An inherently complex situation 17

2 ICT and Communication 23

Evolution of means of communication 26

Communication as a system 27

Communication characteristics 38

Communication in everyday life 53

3 ICT and Language 61

ICT and the causes of language variation and change 63

ICT and the direction of change 66

ICT and the factors involved in language change 69

Processes at work: levels of causality 78

Differential effects 86

Language spread 94

4 ICT and Education 103

ICT and the purpose of education 104

ICT and paradigms of educational organization 107

ICT and the teacher's role 110

ICT and educational content 116

ICT and literacy 118

Educational technology: strengths and weaknesses of individual media 126

5 ICT and Language Learning 135

Motivation and goals 136

ICT and methodological changes 142

Educational technology in language learning: historical overview 151

Development of a new rationale 155

In search of a principled approach 160

6 Case Study: The Telephone and Language Learning 171

Milestones in telephone history 173

The telephone in everyday life 176

The telephone in education and language learning 188.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230517073

0230517072

OCLC:

85689604