Full Description
This highly-readable book brings together theory and practice, giving you a better understanding of why and how technology can enhance language learning. It helps you become more familiar with technology tools you can use in class, and gives you a better understanding of how to use them for language learning. Practical tasks help you reflect on their use.
Contents
The book is organized into twelve chapters:Chapter 1overview of the theories underpinning learning and language learning with technology.Chapter 2: Considers how technology provides new environments for language use and how this changes both the ways in which we communicate with each other and the language that we use. Chapter 3: Covers speaking and listening skills and how to use the range of digital tools now available for working on these language skills.Chapter 4: Considers the problems facing learners when learning to read in a new language and the ways in which technological tools can be used to support them to develop the skills they need.Chapter 5: Asks how technology affects the processes and contexts of writing, considers different approaches to teaching L2 writing, and explores how learners can use technological tools to publish their work to new audiences.Chapter 6: Discusses multimodality, especially the use of visual materials for language learning and teaching.Chapter 7: Focuses on study skills and EAP and looks at how digital technologies have impacted on students in higher education.Chapter 8: Looks at young learners, particularly primary school children, exploring how technology can be used to engage and support them.Chapter 9: Analyzes the different types of assessment, and considers how technology may be used within each phase of assessment, exploring the benefits and potential pitfalls of technology-enhanced assessment. Chapter 10: Considers technology use from the teacher's perspective, covering VLEs and PLEs, interactive whiteboards, and electronic voting systems, and the kind of skills teachers need to develop in order to use technology effectively with learners.Chapter 11: Discusses choosing and using technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) materials, exploring the ways in which TELL may be incorporated into an existing syllabus or add to coursebook materials.Chapter 12 Summarizes the main themes of the book and considers what the future may bring for the use of technology in language learning.
