Media in foreign language teaching and learning / edited by Wai-Meng Chan ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chan, Wai Meng, 1962-

Series:

Studies in second and foreign language education ; 5.

Studies in second and foreign language education ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Audio-visual aids.

Language and languages.

Mass media and language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 pages) ; illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.

Summary:

While educators and educational psychologists debate the influence of media on learning, there can be little doubt that media is now an integral constituent of any educational context. In particular, computer and internet media, with their immense processing power and multimedia capabilities, can have significant bearing on learning processes and outcomes in today's learning environment. Such media, which are increasingly designed to be highly interactive and adaptable, can enable reflective, productive and communicative activities and have much potential for foreign language learning. The book contains 16 papers which look at different forms of media and explore how these affect or can be used effectively in foreign language education. The first of three parts focuses on important theoretical and pedagogical issues in selecting and using media. In the second part, insightful empirical research findings are presented on the contributions of different forms of media in language teaching and learning, including their effect on learners' learning motivation. The third and concluding part of the book provides in-depth accounts of how media can be harnessed to drive innovative curricular practice as well as students' evaluations of these curricular projects.-- [Publisher]

Contents:

1. Media in foreign language teaching and learning: An introduction to the book / Titima Suthiwan

PART 1: Theoretical and pedagogical issues in the use of media

2. Video clips, input processing and language learning / Erwin Tschirner

3. Sounds comprehensible: Using media for listening comprehension in the language classroom / Felix Siddell

4. Promises and perils of educational technology in foreign language curriculum and materials development / Cornelius C. Kubler

5. Social media to motivate language learners from before admission to after graduation / Steve McCarty

PART 2: Empirical research on the role of media

6. Classroom discourse as a re-mediating resource for foreign language learning / Amy B. M. Tsui

7. Tasks as means to mediate between the classroom and the world beyond: Comparisons of language activities in three EFL classrooms for children / Yuya Koga

8. Popular media as a motivational factor for foreign language learning: The example of the Korean wave / Seo Won Chi

9. Learning how to learn with media: A case of L2 group self-instruction / Tae Umino

10. Towards a typology of corrective feedback moves in an asynchronous distance language learning environment / Katerina Zourou

11. Effects of online cooperative evaluation and group rewards on high school students' argumentative writing attitudes and interaction behaviors / Shu-Chuan Chung

12. Silence in foreign language education: Face-to-face and computer-mediated communication in the Japanese context / Stephanie Houghton

PART 3: Media in curricular practice

13. Media and mediation - teachers, learners and learning environments / Richard Harrison

14. Learning English from online advertisements: An electronic portfolio project / Mei-hui Liu

15. Giving feedback on assignment writing to international students - the integration of voice and writing tools / Richard Warner

16. Media humour in the language classroom: Using newspaper cartoons for authentic input and creative output / Richard J. Hodson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781614510130

9786613428257

9781283428255

1283428253

9781614510208

1614510202

OCLC:

769190338