Book Description
This text provides a critical collection of recent research in on-line communication for second language learning. The paperback edition provides a critical collection of recent research in on-line communication for second language learning, including uses of e-mail, real-time writing, and the Web. Chapters analyze the theories underlying computer-assisted learning, explore the contexts that affect network-based teaching, and examine the linguistic nature of computer-mediated interaction in both textual and multimedia environments. This book will be of vital importance to language teachers and researchers, as well as to readers with a general interest in linguistics, computer-mediated communication, and education.
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Provides a critical collection of research in online communication for second language learning, including uses of electronic mail, real-time writing, and the World Wide Web. DLC: Language and languages--Study and teaching-Computer network resources.
Network-based Language Teaching: Concepts and Practice FROM THE PUBLISHER
This important new book provides a critical collection of recent research on on-line communication for second language learning, including uses of electronic mail, real-time writing, and the World Wide Web. Chapters analyze the theories underlying computer assisted learning, explore the contexts that affect network-based teaching, and examine the linguistic nature of computer-mediated interaction in both textual and multimedia environments. Each chapter has been specially written for this collection by an individual who has done extensive research on the topic explored. The result is a highly readable but in-depth analysis of the way that on-line communication is reshaping language teaching.
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