WorldCALL International Perspectives on Computer-Assisted Language Learning [Paperback]

As technological innovation continues to affect language pedagogy, there is an increasing demand for information, exemplars, analysis and guidance. This edited volume focuses on international perspectives in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in all of its forms, including Technology Enhanced Language Learning, Network-Based Language Learning, Information and Communication Technologies for Language Learning.

List of Figures.  List of Tables.  Preface.  Introduction.  Section 1: New Technologies, New Pedagogies  1. Blogging, Collaborative Writing and Multimodal Literacy in an EFL Context  Hsien-Chin Liou  2. Podcasting in Foreign Language Learning: Insights for Podcast Design from a Developmental Research Project  Wai Meng Chan, Ing Ru Chen and Martin G. D?pel  3. Mobile Technologies and Language Learning in Japan: Learn Anywhere, Anytime  Midori Kimura, Hiroyuki Obari and Yoshiko Goda  4. EFL Students Metalinguistic Awareness in E-Mail Tandem  Akihiko Sasaki and Osamu Takeuchi  5. Facilitating Collaborative Language Learning in a Multicultural Distance Class over Broadband Networks: Learner Awareness to Cross-Cultural Understanding  Yuri Nishihori  Section 2: Developing Language Skills through Technology  6. Improving Pronunciation by Accent Reduction and Text-to-Speech Software  Ferit K1l1?kaya  7. Using Computer Keystroke Recording Software to Analyse Patterns of Revision in English Language Schools  Erifili Roubou  8. Modeling Language Learners Knowledge: What Information Can Be Inferred  =From Learners Free Written Texts?