English Language Learning and Technology: Lectures on Applied Linguistics in the Age of Information and Communication Technology (Language Learning & Language Teaching, 7)

English Language Learning and Technology......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC page......Page 5
Dedication page......Page 6
Table of contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
The changing world of English language teaching......Page 18
The technologist's vision......Page 19
The social pragmatist's vision......Page 22
The critical analyst's perspective......Page 23
Visioning the future of ELT......Page 26
English language learners......Page 27
Motivation for English use with peers......Page 28
Technology-shaped registers of English use......Page 30
Communicative language ability for the 21st century......Page 33
English language teachers......Page 36
The study of language......Page 37
Tasks for language learning......Page 39
New forms of assessments......Page 45
Research on learning......Page 46
Applied linguistics......Page 47
Technology......Page 48
Critical analysis......Page 49
Conclusion......Page 50
Language learning and instruction......Page 52
Insights from the classroom and materials......Page 53
Insights from theory and research......Page 55
Enhanced input......Page 57
Input salience......Page 58
Input modification......Page 62
Input elaboration......Page 68
Enhanced input for CALL......Page 69
Interaction......Page 71
Theoretical perspectives on interaction......Page 72
Interaction in CALL......Page 74
Theoretical perspectives on production......Page 78
Production in CALL tasks......Page 79
Integrating input, interaction, and production into tasks......Page 82
Conclusion......Page 84
Evaluating language learning......Page 86
Making a case for technology......Page 87
Increasing professional knowledge......Page 93
Advice from the field......Page 94
What is research?......Page 95
Research methodology......Page 96
Theory-research links......Page 97
Examples of useful CALL research......Page 98
Focus on software......Page 99
Focus on the learners......Page 102
Focus on the learning task......Page 104
Research methods......Page 107
Theory as a resource......Page 109
Theory as a limitation......Page 112
Conclusion......Page 113
Investigating learners' use of technology......Page 114
Examples of process data......Page 115
Implementing process research......Page 117
Notation for the data......Page 118
Description......Page 119
Interaction analysis......Page 120
Discourse analysis......Page 122
Conversation analysis......Page 123
Issues in description......Page 124
Use of description......Page 126
Interpretation......Page 128
Inferences about capacities......Page 130
Inferences about tasks......Page 132
Inferences about capacities and tasks......Page 133
Critical discourse analysis......Page 134
Validity issues for inferences......Page 135
The problem of evaluation......Page 136
Process-based approaches......Page 137
Conclusion......Page 142
Advancing applied linguistics: L2 learning tasks......Page 144
The study of L2 learning tasks......Page 145
Task evaluation......Page 146
L2 task description......Page 148
Examples from the chat room......Page 152
Studying technology-based tasks......Page 154
The attraction of technology......Page 159
Task theory......Page 160
Revisiting assessment......Page 165
Advancing applied linguistics: Assessment......Page 167
The tunnel of efficiency......Page 168
Construct definition......Page 170
Validation......Page 173
Probing construct definition......Page 174
The test design-construct connection......Page 175
The test scoring-construct connection......Page 177
Devil in the detail......Page 180
Educational assessments......Page 182
Assessment in second language research......Page 184
Validation and consequences......Page 186
Conclusion......Page 188
The imperative for applied linguistics and technology......Page 190
English language use......Page 191
Alternatives to CALL-classroom comparison......Page 193
Improving the alternatives......Page 195
Second language assessment......Page 196
Conclusion......Page 197
References......Page 200
Subject index......Page 222
The series LANGUAGE LEARNING & LANGUAGE TEACHING......Page 230