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This will be an overview page on technology used in language learning (including second language learning) | This will be an overview page on technology used in language learning (including second language learning) | ||
== Technology == | == '''Second language learning and Technology''' == | ||
Everybody knows that learning a second language is not so easy, in fact it is a very intensive and time-consuming activity. One of the main aspects to improve second language skills is to increase contacts with the target language. Obviously, the preferred method for acquiring linguistic competences in another language is immersing one self where the target language is spoken, in its society and culture. Unfortunately, the reality is far from this goal. Most second language acquisition (SLA) theorists would agree that formal L2 instruction is often unsuccessful because learners receive impoverished or insufficient input in the target language (Cummins 1998:19). Furthermore, many students are unable or unwilling to take advantage of study abroad opportunities. Therefore, the technology can be one toll to be used to get in contact with the target language. | |||
; Computer-based training ([[CBT]]) | ; Computer-based training ([[CBT]]) |
Revision as of 11:38, 11 December 2006
Definition
This will be an overview page on technology used in language learning (including second language learning)
Second language learning and Technology
Everybody knows that learning a second language is not so easy, in fact it is a very intensive and time-consuming activity. One of the main aspects to improve second language skills is to increase contacts with the target language. Obviously, the preferred method for acquiring linguistic competences in another language is immersing one self where the target language is spoken, in its society and culture. Unfortunately, the reality is far from this goal. Most second language acquisition (SLA) theorists would agree that formal L2 instruction is often unsuccessful because learners receive impoverished or insufficient input in the target language (Cummins 1998:19). Furthermore, many students are unable or unwilling to take advantage of study abroad opportunities. Therefore, the technology can be one toll to be used to get in contact with the target language.
- Computer-based training (CBT)
- Computer-assisted language learning (CALL)
- Simulations and games
- Computer-mediated-communication (CMC)
Links
General
- Technology and Second Language Teaching / La technologie et l'enseignement des langues secondes
- Jim Duber on CALL
- The New Tanuki (Out of service, but still useful)
On-line environments & examples
- Lets Talk
- Aaron Patric Campbell's Blog
- JALT 06 Blogging Workshop, in particular Issues with Weblogs in Language Learning
- Blogging English 2, a Sarah Guth class, Università degli Studi di Padova, Centro Linguistico di Ateneo. (She also had students contribute to this wiki).
Journals
- Focus on edutech & language learning
- Language learning & technology (LLT) Journal (open access referred journal for second and foreign language educators)
- Other (that include edutech research)
- Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (TESL-EJ). (open access)
- The Modern Language Journal (Access restricted) (includes some articles that are edutech related).
- The Reading Matrix (Journal Home Page) (some articles that are edutech related)
References
- Blake, Rober J. Technology, Multimedia, and Second Language Learning, A McGraw-Hill World Languages page, HTML
- Campbell, Aaron Patric (2003), Weblogs for Use with ESL Classes, The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. IX, No. 2, February 2003. [1]
- Campbell, Aaron (2005). Weblog Applications for EFL/ESL Classroom Blogging: A Comparative Review, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, December 2005, Volume 9, Number 3. HTML
- Dieu, Barbara; Aaron P. Campbell and Rudolf Ammann (2006), P2p And Learning Ecologies In Efl/Esl, Teaching English with Technology, A Journal for Teachers of English (ISSN 1642-1027), Vol. 6, Issue 3 (August 2006). HTML.
- Rod Ellis (2003). Task-based Language Learning and Teaching, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-442159-7. (See review)
- Godwin-Jones, Bob (2005). Emerging Technologies - Messaging, Gaming, Peer-to-peer Sharing: Language Learning Strategies & Tools for the Millennial Generation, Language Learning & Technology. January 2005, Volume 9, Number 1, pp. 17-22, PDF
- Godwin-Jones, Bob (2003). Emerging Technologies - Blogs and Wikis: Environments for On-line Collaboration. Language Learning & Technology, Vol. 7, No. 2, May 2003, pp. 12-16 HTML - PDF
- Oxford, Rebecca; Jill Shearin (1994). Language Learning Motivation: Expanding the Theoretical Framework, The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 78, No. 1. (Spring, 1994), pp. 12-28. HTML/PDF
- Pinkman, Kathleen (2005). Using Blogs in the Foreign Language Classroom: Encouraging Learner Independence, The JALT CALL Journal, 2005, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 12-24 Copyright © CALL SIG (ISSN 1832-4215) - PDF
- Steven L. Thorne and J. Scott Payne (2005), Evolutionary Trajectories, Internet-mediated Expression, and Language Education. CALICO Journal, 22 (3), pp 371-397. PDF