ICT and Language Learning From Print to the Mobile Phone [Hardcover]

This book explores the interplay of ICT and language learning within the context of technological and social change, from the printing press to the mobile phone. It considers how technological advances, through their impact on communication, language and education, affect not only how languages are learnt, but also what kind of language is learnt.Acknowledgements Technology as an Agent of Change ICT and Communication ICT and Language ICT and Education ICT and Language Learning Case Study: the Telephone and Language Learning Conclusion References IndexMARIE-MADELEINE KENNING is Head of the School of Language, Linguistics and Translation Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. She has published widely on the application of technology to language learning and language teaching. Her books include Changing Landscapes in Language and Language Pedagogy ( edited with M-N Guillot), Promoting Learner Autonomy in University language Teaching ( edited with E.Broady), Computers and Language Learning ( with M.J.Kenning), and An Introduction to Computer Assisted Language Teaching ( with M.J.Kenning).