1st Edition
WorldCALL International Perspectives on Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Introduction
SECTION 1: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW PEDAGOGIES
Chapter 1 Blogging, collaborative writing and multimodal literacy in an EFL context
Hsien-Chin Liou, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Chapter 2 Learning on the move: Applying podcasting technologies to foreign language learning
Wai Meng Chan, Ing Ru Chen & Martin G. Döpel, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Chapter 3 Mobile technologies and language learning in Japan: Learn anywhere, anytime
Midori Kimura, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan
Yoshiko Goda & Hiroyuki Obari, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Yukinari Shimoyama, Toyo Gakuen University, Japan
Chapter 4 EFL students’ metalinguistic awareness in e-mail tandem
Akihiko Sasaki, Kwansei Gakuin Junior High School, Japan
Osamu Takeuchi, Kansai University, Japan
Chapter 5 Facilitating collaborative language learning in a multicultural distance class over broadband networks: Learner awareness of cross-cultural understanding
Yuri Nishihori, Hokkaido University, Japan
SECTION 2: DEVELOPING LANGUAGE SKILLS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 6 Improving pronunciation by accent reduction and text-to-speech software
Ferit Kilickaya, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Chapter 7 Using computer keystroke recording software to analyse patterns of revision in private English language schools in Greece
Erifili Roubou, University of Essex, UK
Chapter 8 Modelling language learning knowledge state: What are language students’ free written productions telling us?
Sylvie Thouesny & Francoise Blin, Dublin City University, Ireland
Chapter 9 A natural language paraphrase generator for online monitoring and commenting incremental sentence construction by L2 learners of German
Karin Harbusch, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Chapter 10 L2 acquisition of the English causative alternation with a concordancer
Yuxia Wang & Suen Caesar Lun, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SECTION 3: MATERIALS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 11 Blended learning, learner empowerment and world languages: The Flexi-Pack project for languages of the wider world
Pt Itesh Sachdev & Nathalie Ticheler, University of London, UK
Chapter 12 Intermediate online English: An example of self access courseware development
Ana Gimeno-Sanz, University of Valencia, Spain
Chapter 13 Integration of ICT for effective learning, teaching and assessment
Debbie Corder & Alice U, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Chapter 14 The E-Job 100 project: CALL for increasing motivation of English learning
Akiyoshi Suzuki, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan
Teresa Kuwamura, Nara Women’s University, Japan
SECTION 4: LEARNER TRAINING
Chapter 15 Pervasive CALL learner training for improving listening proficiency
Ken Romeo & Phil Hubbard, Stanford University, USA
Chapter 16 Guiding the E-learner in foreign language and communication courses
Maija Tammelin, Berit Peltonen & Pasi Puranen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
SECTION 5: TEACHER EDUCATION
Chapter 17 The use of ICTs in foreign language teaching: The challenges of a teachers’ education program
Carla Barsotti & Claudia Martins, Federal University of Technology in Parana, Brazil
Chapter 18 ‘We Argentines are not as other people’: Collaborative learning online in an undeserved country
Marie-Noelle Lamy, Open University, UK
Chapter 19 E- portfolios: Reflective and autonomous learning
Salomi Papadima-Sophocleous, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Chapter 20 Voices from EFL teachers: A quantitative investigation of teachers use of CALL
Seijiro Sumi, Himeji Dokkyo University, Japan
Biography
Mike Levy is Professor in the School of Languages & Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland.
Françoise Blin is Associate Dean for Learning Innovation at Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Translation and Textual Studies at Dublin City University.
Claire Bradin Siskin directs the English as a Second Language Writing Online Workshop at Excelsior College in Albany, New York.
Osamu Takeuchi is Professor of Applied Linguistics/Educational Technology at the Graduate School/Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research at Kansai University.
