2nd Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology

Edited By Fiona Farr, Liam Murray Copyright 2026
524 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

524 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology is a comprehensive and accessible resource for teachers, teacher educators, and students navigating the rapid evolution of technology in language education. Now in its second edition, this fully updated volume reflects the accelerated integration of digital tools into pedagogical practices, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19... Read more

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

Fiona Farr and Liam Murray

Part I: History and theory

1.    Taking a balanced view of technology in language teaching: past, present and future

Deborah Healey

2.    Theory and theories in Computer-Assisted Language Learning research and practice

Phil Hubbard and Mike Levy

3.    Integrating multimodal theory into CALL: comparative insights from Kress, Mondada and Norris

Müge Satar

Part II: Pedagogic competencies and teacher development

4. Language materials development in a digital age

Gary Motteram

5. Literacies, technology and language teaching

Gavin Dudeney and Nicky Hockly

6. Language Testing and Technology 

Chihiro Inoue and Sathena Chan

7. Teaching alongside GenAI: affordances for language teaching and shifting agencies

Fanny Meunier and Remy Decorte

8. MOOCs for Languages: from LMOOCs to LTEMOOCs

Cédric Sarré

9. Online, blended and hybrid language learning

Pete Sharma and Kevin Westbrook

Part III: Culture and contexts

10.  Plurilingualism and CALL

Euline Cutrim Schmid

11.  Culture, language learning and technology in an AI world

Robert Godwin Jones

12.  Language learning and technology use in varied technology contexts

Joy Egbert and Mohamad Elhess

13.  Limitations and boundaries in language learning and technology

Richard Kern and David Milanowski

14.  Sustainable CALL development

Ana Gimeno, Françoise Blin, Juha Jalkanen, Peppi Taalas

15. Foreign language education and digital cultures: perspectives on citizenship and diversity   

Christiane Lütge

Part IV: Interactive and collaborative technologies

16.Virtual exchange and language learning

Francesca Helm and Sarah Guth

17.  Social media and language learning

Lara Lomicka and Gillian Lord

18.  Mobile language learning

Glenn Stockwell

19.  Potentials and challenges of Virtual Reality: Implications for the language classroom

Susanna Nocchi           

20. Mobile dictionaries and apps for vocabulary learning

Pascual Pérez-Paredes and Danyang Zhang

21. A Qualitative Analysis of the Affordances of Immersive Technologies in Virtual Exchange

 Anna Nicolaou and Ana Sevilla-Pavón

22. The Spoken CALL Shared Task: an Overview

  Mengjie Qian, Manny Rayner and Helmer Strik

Part V: Corpora and data-driven learning

23.  Introduction to Data-Driven Learning

Maggie Leung and Martin Warren

24.  Spoken language corpora and pedagogic applications

Andrew Caines, Michael McCarthy, and Anne O’Keeffe

25.  Written language corpora and pedagogic applications

Angela Chambers

26.  Pedagogical applications of learner corpora: A decade in review

Petter Hagen Karlsen and Susan Nacey

27.  Corpus types and uses

Bróna Murphy and Elaine Riordan

28.  Designing and building corpora for language learning

Randi Reppen

Part VI: Gaming and language learning

29. Digital Games as a Methodology for Second Language Learning: Exploring New Metaphors and Pedagogical Parallels.

Jonathon S. Reinhardt and Steven L. Thorne

30. Gaming for focused language practice

Frederik Cornillie, Christine Appel and Joan Tomas Pujola Font

31. Digital Gaming and Young L2 Learners

Pia Sundqvist

Biography

Fiona Farr is Full Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL in the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Her key areas of expertise are teacher education, reflective practice, continuous professional development, applied corpus linguistics, and technology-enhanced language learning.

Liam Murray is Professor of French and Applied Linguistics and current Head of the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He has been researching, teaching and publishing in many areas of CALL since 1991, from blogs and gamification to distraction, Critical Digital Literacies, CALL in the Wild and GenAI.