ICT and Language Learning From Print to the Mobile Phone
This book explores the interplay of ICT and language learning within the context of technological and social change, from the printing press to the mobile phone. It considers how technological advances, through their impact on communication, language and
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Marie-Madeleine Kenning
ICT and Language Learning
Also by Marie-Madeleine Kenning CHANGING LANDSCAPES IN LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY: Text, Orality and Voice (co-editor with M-N. Guillot) PROMOTING LEARNER AUTONOMY IN UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE TEACHING (co-editor with E. Broady) COMPUTERS AND LANGUAGE LEARNING: Theory and Practice (with M.J. Kenning) AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE TEACHING (with M.J. Kenning)
ICT and Language Learning From Print to the Mobile Phone Marie-Madeleine Kenning University of East Anglia
© Marie-Madeleine Kenning 2007 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2007 978-0-230-51707-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-35490-0 ISBN 978-0-230-59132-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230591325
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Contents
List of Tables
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Acknowledgements
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1 Technology as an Agent of Change Introduction Pervasiveness of technological determinism Myth number one: technology determines its own uses and effects Myth number two: the changes brought by technology are inevitable Myth number three: inventions as revolutions An inherently complex situation Outline of the book
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2 ICT and Communication Introduction Evolution of means of communication Communication as a system Communication characteristics Communication in everyday life Discussion and conclusion
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3 ICT and Language Introduct
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