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This practical handbook is designed to help language teachers, teacher trainers, and students learn more about their options for using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and develop an understanding of the theory and research supporting these options. The chapters in New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms synthesize previous CALL theory and research and describe practical applications to both second and foreign language classrooms, including procedures for evaluating these applications. The implementation of CALL at the institutional level is also addressed, with attention to designing multimedia language laboratories and creating collaborative CALL-based projects between educational institutions. Although many chapters locate their descriptions of CALL activities and projects within the ESL/EFL setting, the principles and activities described are equally useful for other language settings. The book does not require prior knowledge of CALL, computers, or software. To assist readers, a glossary of CALL terms and an appendix of CALL Web sites are provided. The book also has its own accompanying Web site (http://www.erlbaum.com/callforL2classrooms) presenting chapter abstracts, author contact information, and regularly updated links to pedagogical, research, and teacher development sites. By integrating theoretical issues, research findings, and practical guidelines on different aspects of CALL, this book offers teachers multiple levels of resources for their own professional development, for needs-based creation of specific CALL activities, for curriculum design, and for implementation of institutional and inter-institutional CALL projects.
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New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms ESL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS PROFESSIONAL SERIES Eli Hinkel, Series Editor Handel/foots, Eds. • New' Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms Birch • English L2 Reading: Getting to the Bottom Hinkel • Second Language Writers' Text: Linguistic and Rhetorical Features Hinkel • Teaching Academic ESL Writing: Practical Techniques in Vocabulary and Grammar Fotos/Browne, Eds. • New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Classrooms Edited by Sandra Fotos Senshu University Charles Browne Aoyama Gakuin University 2004 LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS Mahwah, New Jersey London Copyright © 2004 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 Cover design by Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data New perspectives on CALL for second language classrooms / edited by Sandra Fotos, Charles Browne. p. cm.—(ESL and applied linguistics professional series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-4404-X (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8058-4405-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Language and languages—Computer-assisted instruction. I. Fotos, Sandra. II. Browne, Charles. III. Series. P53.28.N485 2003 418'.00285—dc22 2003065114 CIP Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid- free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and durability. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Preface ix I INTRODUCTION TO CALL 1 1 The Development of CALL and Current Options Sandra Fotos and Charles Browne 2 Technological Change and the Future of CALL Mark Warschauer 3 The New Language Centers and the Role of Techology: New M