Teaching & Researching Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Description

Computers increasingly play an important role in education, particularly language learning. But Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) is constantly undergoing change because of technological advances that create opportunities to revisit old ideas, to conduct new research and to challenge established beliefs about the ways in which teaching and learning can be carried out both with and without a human teacher. This book offers teachers and researchers a better understanding of CALL through:

• A comprehensive overview of CALL
• Step-by-step instructions on conducting research projects in CALL
• Extensive resources in the form of contacts, websites and free software references
• A glossary of terms related to CALL

CALL is a field tied closely to other areas of study within applied linguistics such as autonomy in language learning, as well as to the teaching of particular language skills. It also reaches out to other disciplines such as computer science.

Contents
General Editors' PrefaceAcknowledgements Introduction SECTION I KEY CONCEPTS1. The emergence of CALL 2. A brief history of CALL 3. Hypertext, hypermedia and multimedia 4. Eight CALL applications SECTION II  THE PLACE OF CALL IN RESEARCHING AND TEACHING5. Second-language Acquisition and models of instruction 6. Collaboration and negotiation of meaning 7. Defining a model of CALL 8. Theoretical and pedagogical concerns SECTION III  RESEARCHING CALL9. Current research interests 10.Research SECTION IV RESOURCES Glossary of key termsReferencesIndex

Author
Ken Beatty has taught English and desktop publishing at City University for five years and is currently completing a PhD.  He is also writing a set of ELT textbooks and games materials for Heinle and Heinle.