Foreign-language learning with digital technology / edited by Michael J. Evans.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evans, Michael, 1951 May 12-

Series:

Education and digital technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Computer-assisted instruction.

Language and languages.

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Technological innovations.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2009]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

There is an apparent paradox in the fact that whilst, on the one hand, ICT is endlessly innovating and improving itself as a tool to support teaching and learning, the cognitive process of language learning itself remains perennially the same. However, it is also true that the medium has created new learning opportunities which were not possible before and therefore ICT introduces new elements into the cognitive process of foreign language learning. Therefore, the book's overall aim of examining foreign language learning from the pupil's perspective is broken down into two underlying questions: How does ICT support existing foreign language learning needs and processes? What new learning experiences does ICT entail for the learner?

To situate new insights into the value of ICT for FL learning within the context of evidence from prior research and of educational policy-making;

To present and examine key pedagogical uses of ICT in relation to effective foreign language learning by pupils;

To provide an in-depth description of the use of a range of ICT media: including PowerPoint, the internet, CMC, and web-based language learning support;

To combine practical ideas for teaching and learning with critical analysis of evidence;

To provide readers with a basis and ideas for using ICT and for developing language learning in their own classrooms;

To bring together analysis of ICT-focused language learning across different sectors (secondary, university, TEFL) and in three national contexts (England, Australia and USA).

Contents:

Digital technology and language learning : a review of policy and research evidence / Michael Evans

The potential of the Internet as a language-learning tool / Iain Mitchell

Trainee teachers' perceptions of the use of digital technology in the languages classroom / Linda Fisher

Digital technology as a tool for active learning in MFL : engaging language learners in and beyond the secondary classroom / Rachel Hawkes

Engaging pupils in bilingual, cross-cultural online discourse / Michael Evans

SIDE by side : pioneers, inventors and the tyranny of educational distance / Cal Durrant

Teacher and student perceptions of e-learning in EFL / Miranda Hamilton

From textbook to online materials : the changing ecology of foreign-language publishing in the era of ICT / Carl Blyth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781474212052

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.