Exploration of Textual Interactions in CALL Learning Communities: Emerging Research and Opportunities (Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design) - Hardcover

White, Jonathan R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1522521429 ISBN 13: 9781522521426

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2017

Synopsis

Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) has greatly enhanced the realm of online social interaction and behavior. In language classrooms, it allows the opportunity for students to enhance their learning experiences. Exploration of Textual Interactions in CALL Learning Communities: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an ideal source of academic research on the pedagogical implications of online communication in language learning environments. Highlighting perspectives on topics such as reduced forms, ellipsis, and learner autonomy, this book is ideally designed for educators, researchers, graduate students, and professionals interested in the role of computer-mediated communication in language learning.

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About the Author

Jonathan White was awarded a PhD by the University of London in 1999 on Generative Syntax, looking at the position of result clauses and adjuncts in phrase structure. He has worked since then at the Department of English at Högskolan Dalarna in Sweden teaching courses in syntax, morphology, and pragmatics, among others. His research has moved onto computer-mediated communication, and in particular, language economy. He is investigating the pragmatic contexts that allow language to be reduced and how this has a community-building function. He is also working on the English of Vietnamese learners, focusing on transfer of syntactic and morphological features from Vietnamese.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1522521429
• ISBN 13: 9781522521426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 158