Foreign Language Learning with Digital Technology

Hardback

Main Details

Title Foreign Language Learning with Digital Technology
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Dr Michael Evans
Series edited by Sue Brindley
SeriesEducation and Digital Technology
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781847060419
ClassificationsDewey:418.00785
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publication Date 7 February 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

While digital technology is endlessly innovating and improving itself as a tool to support teaching and learning, the cognitive process of language learning itself remains perennially the same. However, digital technology has created new learning opportunities and introduces new elements into the cognitive process of foreign language learning. The contributors of this well-edited collection examine foreign language learning primarily from a user perspective and explore these underlying questions: How does digital technology support existing foreign language learning needs and processes? What new learning experiences does it entail for the learner? The book situates new insights into the value of digital technology for foreign language learning within the context of evidence from prior research and of educational policy-making and examines key pedagogical uses of digital technology in relation to effective foreign language learning by pupils. It provides an in-depth description of the use of a range of digital media and combines practical ideas for teaching and learning with critical analysis of evidence drawing on an analysis of technology-focused language learning across different sectors and in different anglophone contexts.

Author Biography

Michael Evans is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. Sue Brindley is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Cambridge, UK.