Professionalizing Your Use of Technology in English Language Teaching

This chapter provides an overview of technology use in English language teaching. This topic is commonly referred to as computer assisted language learning (CALL). It is likely that this topic is more complex than many readers may realize. While there are

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Christine Coombe Neil J Anderson Lauren Stephenson   Editors

Professionalizing Your English Language Teaching

Second Language Learning and Teaching Series Editor Mirosław Pawlak, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland

The series brings together volumes dealing with different aspects of learning and teaching second and foreign languages. The titles included are both monographs and edited collections focusing on a variety of topics ranging from the processes underlying second language acquisition, through various aspects of language learning in instructed and non-instructed settings, to different facets of the teaching process, including syllabus choice, materials design, classroom practices and evaluation. The publications reflect state-of-the-art developments in those areas, they adopt a wide range of theoretical perspectives and follow diverse research paradigms. The intended audience are all those who are interested in naturalistic and classroom second language acquisition, including researchers, methodologists, curriculum and materials designers, teachers and undergraduate and graduate students undertaking empirical investigations of how second languages are learnt and taught.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10129

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Editors Christine Coombe Dubai Men’s College Higher Colleges of Technology Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Neil J Anderson English Language Teaching and Learning Brigham Young University–Hawaii Laie, HI, USA

Lauren Stephenson School of Education The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney Chippendale, NSW, Australia

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