Network-Based Language Teaching: Concepts and Practice
Concepts and Practice

This text provides a critical collection of recent research in on-line communication for second language learning.

Mark Warschauer (Edited by), Richard Kern (Edited by)

9780521667425, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 January 2000

256 pages
22.9 x 15.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.355 kg

This text provides a critical collection of recent research in on-line communication for second language learning. The paperback edition provides a critical collection of recent research in on-line communication for second language learning, including uses of e-mail, real-time writing, and the Web. Chapters analyze the theories underlying computer-assisted learning, explore the contexts that affect network-based teaching, and examine the linguistic nature of computer-mediated interaction in both textual and multimedia environments. This book will be of vital importance to language teachers and researchers, as well as to readers with a general interest in linguistics, computer-mediated communication, and education.

Subject Areas: ELT: English for specific purposes [ES], Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL]