English language learning and technology : lectures on applied linguistics in the age of information and communication technology / Carol A. Chapelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapelle, Carol A.

Series:

Language learning and language teaching ; v. 7.

Language learning and language teaching, 1569-9471 ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Technological innovations.

English teachers--Training of.

English teachers.

Educational technology.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

229 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 2003.

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores implications for applied linguistics of recent developments in technologies used in second language teaching and assessment, language analysis, and language use. Focusing primarily on English language learning, the book identifies significant areas of interplay between technology and applied linguistics, and it explores current perspectives on perennial questions such as how theory and research on second language acquisition can help to inform technology-based language learning practices, how the multifaceted learning accomplished through technology can be evaluated, and how theoretical perspectives can offer insight on data obtained from research on interaction with and through technology. The book illustrates how the interplay between technology and applied linguistics can amplify and expand applied linguists’ understanding of fundamental issues in the field. Through discussion of computer-assisted approaches for investigating second language learning tasks and assessment, it illustrates how technology can be used as a tool for applied linguistics research.

Contents:

Intro

English Language Learning and Technology

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Dedication page

Table of contents

Preface

The changing world of English language teaching

Visions of the invisible

The technologist's vision

The social pragmatist's vision

The critical analyst's perspective

Visioning the future of ELT

English language learners

Motivation for English use with peers

Technology-shaped registers of English use

Communicative language ability for the 21st century

English language teachers

The English language

The study of language

Tasks for language learning

New forms of assessments

Research on learning

Teacher education and applied linguistics

Applied linguistics

Technology

Research methods

Critical analysis

Conclusion

The potential of technology for language learning

Language learning and instruction

Insights from the classroom and materials

Insights from theory and research

Enhanced input

Input salience

Input modification

Input elaboration

Enhanced input for CALL

Interaction

Theoretical perspectives on interaction

Interaction in CALL

Linguistic production

Theoretical perspectives on production

Production in CALL tasks

Integrating input, interaction, and production into tasks

Evaluating language learning

Reconsidering research

Making a case for technology

Increasing professional knowledge

Advice from the field

What is research?

General vs. specific knowledge

Research methodology

Theory-research links

Examples of useful CALL research

Focus on software

Focus on the learners

Focus on the learning task

Summary

The role of theory

Theory as a resource

Theory as a limitation

Conclusion.

Investigating learners' use of technology

Technology-related process data

Examples of process data

Implementing process research

Notation for the data

Description

Interaction analysis

Discourse analysis

Conversation analysis

Issues in description

Use of description

Interpretation

Inferences about capacities

Inferences about tasks

Inferences about capacities and tasks

Critical discourse analysis

Validity issues for inferences

Evaluation

The problem of evaluation

Process-based approaches

Advancing applied linguistics: L2 learning tasks

The study of L2 learning tasks

Task evaluation

L2 task description

Technology-mediated L2 tasks

Examples from the chat room

Studying technology-based tasks

The attraction of technology

Tools for building tasks

Task theory

Revisiting assessment

Advancing applied linguistics: Assessment

The tunnel of efficiency

The panorama of theory

Construct definition

Validation

Probing construct definition

The test design-construct connection

The test scoring-construct connection

Devil in the detail

Educational assessments

Assessment in second language research

Validation and consequences

The imperative for applied linguistics and technology

English language use

Second language acquisition

Alternatives to CALL-classroom comparison

Improving the alternatives

Second language assessment

References

Subject index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612254482

9789027217042

9027217041

9781282254480

1282254480

9789027295958

9027295956

9781423762355

1423762355

OCLC:

55664404

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access