Network-based Language Teaching: Concepts and Practice (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)

Bys: Warschauer, Mark and Kern, Richard

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521667429
• ISBN13: 9780521667425
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.9"