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<DOCINFO AUTHOR ""TITLE "English Language Learning and Technology: Lectures on applied linguistics in the age of information and communication technology"SUBJECT "Language Learning and Language Teaching, Volume 7"KEYWORDS ""SIZE HEIGHT "220"WIDTH "150"VOFFSET "4"> English Language Learning and Technology Language Learning and Language Teaching The LL&LT monograph series publishes monographs as well as edited volumes on applied and methodological issues in the field of language pedagogy. The focus of the series is on subjects such as classroom discourse and interaction; language diversity in educational settings; bilingual education; language testing and language assessment; teaching methods and teaching performance; learning trajectories in second language acquisition; and written language learning in educational settings. Series editors Birgit Harley Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Jan H. Hulstijn Department of Second Language Acquisition, University of Amsterdam Volume 7 English Language Learning and Technology: Lectures on applied linguistics in the age of information and communication technology by Carol A. Chapelle English Language Learning and Technology Lectures on applied linguistics in the age of information and communication technology Carol A. Chapelle Iowa State University John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chapelle, Carol English language learning and technology : lectures on applied linguistics in the age of information and communication technology / Carol A. Chapelle. p. cm. (Language Learning and Language Teaching, issn 1569–9471 ; v. 7) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers. 2. English language--Study and teaching--Technology innovations. 3. English teachers--Training of. 4. Educational technology. 5. Information technology. I. Title. II. Series. PE1128.A2C444 2003 428’.0071-dc21 2003055680 isbn 90 272 1703 3 (Eur.) / 1 58811 447 3 (US) (Hb; alk. paper) isbn 90 272 1704 1 (Eur.) / 1 58811 448 1 (US) (Pb; alk. paper) © 2003 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. Box 36224 · 1020 me Amsterdam · The Netherlands John Benjamins North America · P.O. Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa 8 For my parents Table of contents Preface xi Chapter 1 The changing world of English language teaching 1 Visions of the invisible 2 The technologist’s vision 2 The social pragmatist’s vision 5 The critical analyst’s perspective 6 Visioning the future of ELT 9 English language learners 10 Motivation for English use with peers 11 Technology-shaped registers of English use 13 Communicative language ability for the 21st century 16 English language teachers 19 The English language 20 The study of language 20 Tasks for language learning 22 New forms of assessments 28 Research on learning 29 Teacher education and applied linguistics 30 Applied linguistics 30 Technology 31 Research methods 32 Critical analysis 32 Conclusion 33  Table of contents Chapter 2 The potential of technology for language learning 35 Language learning and instruction 35 Insights from the classroom and materials 36 Insights from theory and research 38 Enhanced input 40 Input salience 41 Input modification 45 Input elaboration 51 Enhanced input for CALL 52 Interaction 54 Theoretical perspectives on interaction 55 Interaction in CALL 57 Linguistic production 61 Theoretical perspectives on production 61 Production in CALL tasks 62 Integrating input, interaction, and production into tasks 65 Conclusion 67 Chapter 3 Evaluating language learning 69 Reconsidering research 70 Making a case for technology 70 Increasing professional knowledge 76 Advice from the field 77 What is research? 78 General vs. specific knowledge 79 Research methodology 79 Theory-research links 80 Examples of useful CALL research 81 Focus on software 82 Focus on the learners 85 Focus on the learning task 87 Summary 90 Research methods 90 The role of theory 92 Theory as a resource 92 Theory as a limitation 95 Conclusion 96 Table of contents  Chapter 4 Investigating learners’ use of technology 97 Technology-related process data 98 Examples of process data 98 Implementing process research 100 Notation for the data 101 Description 102 Interaction analysis 103 Discourse analysis 105 Conversation analysis 106 Issues in description 107 Use of description 109 Interpretation 111 Inferences about capacities 113 Inferences about tasks 115 Inferences about capacities and tasks 116 Critical discourse analysis 117 Validity issues for inferences 118 Evaluation 119 The problem of evaluation 119 Process-based approaches 120 Conclusion 125 Chapter 5 Advancing applied linguistics: L2 learning tasks 127 The study of L2 learning tasks 128 Task evaluation 129 L2 task description 131 Technology-mediated L2 tasks 135 Examples from the chat room 135 Studying technology-based tasks 137 The attraction of technology 142 Tools for building tasks 143 Task theory 143 Revisiting assessment 148 Conclusion 150

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