Brave New Digital Classroom

Technology and Foreign Language Learning

Robert J. Blake (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2013 | Second Edition
Georgetown University Press (Verlag)
978-1-58901-976-8 (ISBN)

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Suitable for experienced researchers, department chairs, and administrators, this title examines the effective ways to utilize technology in language learning. It examines the web, CALL applications, and computer-mediated communication (CMC), and suggests how the technologically assisted curriculum can work for the foreign-language curriculum.

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.

Robert J. Blake is director of the UC Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching, professor of Spanish and classics, and chair, Designated Emphasis in Second Language Acquisition, at the University of California, Davis.

Preface ForewordClaire Kramsch1. Second Language Acquisition, Language Teaching, and Technology 2. Web Pages in Service of L2 Learning 3. CALL and Its Evaluation: Programs and Apps 4. Computer-Mediated Communication 5. Theory in Practice: Putting It All Together 6. Distance Learning for Languages 7. Social Networking and L2 Learning 8. Homo Ludens: Games for Language Learning Glossary References Index

Co-Autor	Claire Kramsch, Robert J. Blake
Vorwort	Claire Kramsch
Zusatzinfo	2 Figures; 5 Tables, unspecified
Verlagsort	Washington, DC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	318 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-58901-976-8 / 1589019768
ISBN-13	978-1-58901-976-8 / 9781589019768
Zustand	Neuware