New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms

New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms

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  • Author: Sandra Fotos
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135628483
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 370

This practical handbook is designed to help language teachers, teacher trainers, and students learn more about their options for using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and develop an understanding of the theory and research supporting these options. The chapters in New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms synthesize previous CALL theory and research and describe practical applications to both second and foreign language classrooms, including procedures for evaluating these applications. The implementation of CALL at the institutional level is also addressed, with attention to designing multimedia language laboratories and creating collaborative CALL-based projects between educational institutions. Although many chapters locate their descriptions of CALL activities and projects within the ESL/EFL setting, the principles and activities described are equally useful for other language settings. The book does not require prior knowledge of CALL, computers, or software. To assist readers, a glossary of CALL terms and an appendix of CALL Web sites are provided. The book also has its own accompanying Web site (http://www.erlbaum.com/callforL2classrooms) presenting chapter abstracts, author contact information, and regularly updated links to pedagogical, research, and teacher development sites. By integrating theoretical issues, research findings, and practical guidelines on different aspects of CALL, this book offers teachers multiple levels of resources for their own professional development, for needs-based creation of specific CALL activities, for curriculum design, and for implementation of institutional and inter-institutional CALL projects.


CALL Research Perspectives

CALL Research Perspectives

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  • Author: Joy L. Egbert
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135608393
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 217

This work creates a foundation for the study and practice of computer-assisted language learning and provides an overview of ways to conceptualize and to conduct research in Call. It posits that all approaches to research have a place, and that researchers, teachers, and students have a role in the study of computer-enhanced language learning.


New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms

New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms

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  • Author: Eli Hinkel
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135644098
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 282

New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms brings together various approaches to the contextualized teaching of grammar and communicative skills as integrated components of second language instruction. Its purpose is to show from both theoretical and practical perspectives that grammar teaching can be made productive and useful in ESL and EFL classrooms. In this text: *First-rate scholars approach the teaching of grammar from multiple complementary perspectives, providing an original, comprehensive treatment of the topic. *Discourse analysis and research data are used to address such pedagogical areas as grammatical and lexical development in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. *The communicative perspective on ESL and EFL instruction that is presented provides ways for learners to enhance their production skills, whereas the meaning-based grammar instruction can supplement and strengthen current methodology with a communicative focus. This volume is intended as a foundational text for second language grammar pedagogy courses at the advanced undergraduate and master's levels.


Studies and Global Perspectives of Second Language Teaching and Learning

Studies and Global Perspectives of Second Language Teaching and Learning

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  • Author: John W. Schwieter
  • Publisher: IAP
  • ISBN: 1623962129
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 357

This book explores theories and pedagogies in the L2 classroom that have led to an understanding of how non-native languages are taught and learned. Featuring a diverse set of perspectives from researchers and language educators from around the globe, this book highlights important theoretical and practical underpinnings of the L2 classroom—discussions on what has worked and why. Some examples of these topics include: online and nonverbal communication, peace literacy, learning behaviors, high-impact practices, pragmatic awareness, study abroad, implicit and explicit teaching, motivation, and more. One mission of this book is to appreciate a diverse array of L2 teaching practices with sound theoretical underpinnings and universal implications for L2 classrooms. The chapter contributions are the result of an open call for studies that highlight practical innovative approaches in L2 teaching and learning and expand the avenues of exploration available within their theoretical frameworks. More specifically, the call for proposals sought to gather a diverse set of perspectives from researchers and language educators from various parts of the world in order to provide practical and thought-provoking insight on innovative approaches to L2 teaching. As such, the studies in this book all share a common goal that demonstrates the applicability of L2 teaching practices across languages, cultures, and regions. The book is intended to act as a valuable reference for language educators, practitioners, specialists, and anyone studying or wishing to gain an overview of successful teaching practices and learning nuances in the L2 classroom that cross all languages, cultures, and regions.


The Study of Second Language Acquisition in the Asian Context

The Study of Second Language Acquisition in the Asian Context

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  • Publisher: Lulu.com
  • ISBN: 1430305916
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 613

This book will be of special interest to English teachers and those in professional development in the region and/or who have classrooms with Asian learners. Paradigms appear to be shifting in Asian L2 learning in a region providing huge growth in English education. This will have an important bearing on the profession, including researchers, worldwide


English Language Learning in the Asian Context 2nd Edn

English Language Learning in the Asian Context 2nd Edn

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  • Author: Paul Robertson
  • Publisher: Lulu.com
  • ISBN: 8990841232
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 262


Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms

Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms

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  • Author: Hossein Nassaji
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136966048
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 178

This text identifies and explores the various options for integrating a focus on grammar and a focus on communication in classroom contexts and offers concrete examples of teaching activities for each option.


Brave New Digital Classroom, Second Edition

Brave New Digital Classroom, Second Edition

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  • Author: Robert J. Blake
  • Publisher: Georgetown University Press
  • ISBN: 1589019768
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 242

Brave New Digital Classroom examines the most effective ways to utilize technology in language learning. The author deftly interweaves the latest results of pedagogical research with descriptions of the most successful computer-assisted language learning (CALL) projects to show how to implement technology in the foreign-language curriculum to assist the second language acquisition process. This fully updated second edition includes new chapters on the latest electronic resources, including gaming and social media, and discusses the realities and potential of distance learning for second language acquisition. The author examines the web, CALL applications, and computer-mediated communication (CMC), and suggests how the new technologically assisted curriculum will work for the foreign-language curriculum. Rather than advocating new technologies as a replacement for activities that can be done equally well with traditional processes, the author envisions a radical change as teachers rethink their strategies and develop their competence in the effective use of technology in language teaching and learning. Directed at all language teachers, from the elementary school to postsecondary levels, the book is ideal for graduate-level courses on second language pedagogy. It also serves as an invaluable reference for experienced researchers, CALL developers, department chairs, and administrators.


Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching

Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching

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  • Author: Mike Long
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1118882210
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 456

This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully. Combines a survey of theory and research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) with insights from language teaching and the philosophy of education Details best practice for TBLT programs, including discussion of learner needs and means analysis; syllabus design; materials writing; choice of methodological principles and pedagogic procedures; criterion-referenced, task-based performance assessment; and program evaluation Written by an esteemed scholar of second language acquisition with over 30 years of research and classroom experience Considers diffusion of innovation in education and the potential impact of TBLT on foreign and second language learning


New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms

New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms

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  • Author: Eli Hinkel
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  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 272