Engaging Language Learners through CALL: From Theory and Research to Informed Practice (Advances in CALL Research and Practice) - Softcover

Nike Arnold

 
9781781798287: Engaging Language Learners through CALL: From Theory and Research to Informed Practice (Advances in CALL Research and Practice)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1781798281 ISBN 13: 9781781798287
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Engaging Language Learners through CALL provides an updated overview of the field of computer-assisted language learning beginning with one chapter on the intersection of second language acquisition (SLA) research and CALL and another on online and hybrid language courses. The next eight chapters focus on the use of CALL for specific language skills or other learning goals and the volume concludes with a discussion of ways to evaluate courseware and apps. Each chapter contains preview questions, an overview of the most relevant and recent research, implications for teaching, assessment options, questions for reflection, case studies, and ideas for action research. While the fundamental lens for this volume is informed practice based on key theories and research, there are several themes that run throughout the chapters, including how technology creates unique learning opportunities and its ability to overcome constraints of time, space, and interlocutors, how CALL can facilitate the integration of applications originally developed for other purposes, and the high level of autonomous and student-centered activities that CALL provides. As these themes demonstrate, CALL provides an array of affordances and sometimes, challenges. It is our hope that this volume will continue to support readers in implementing a research-based CALL pedagogy and updating their practices as technology and research findings develop.

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About the Author

Nike Arnold is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University in Oregon. Lara Ducate is a Professor of German and Applied Linguistics at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC.

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Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1781798281
ISBN 13 
9781781798287
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
444
Editor
Nike Arnold, Lara Ducate