Language Learning & Technology
2002 Volume 6, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 6
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Social Dimensions of Telecollaborative Foreign Language Study
Julie A. Belz
Explores socio-institutional dimensions of German-American telecollaboration and ways they may shape foreign language learning and use. Intertwines socially and institutionally contingent features ... More
pp. 60-81
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Categorization of Text Chat Communication between Learners and Native Speakers of Japanese
Etsuko Toyoda & Richard Harrison
Examined negotiation of meaning that took place between students and native speakers of Japanese over a series of computer-based chat conversations and attempted to categorize the difficulties... More
pp. 82-99
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Effects of Students' Participation in Authoring of Multimedia Materials on Student Acquisition of Vocabulary
Ofelia R. Nikolova
Investigated the effects on vocabulary acquisition of student participation in authoring a multimedia institutional module. Sixty-two subjects were randomly assigned to two groups, and each group... More
pp. 100-22
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Visible or Invisible Links: Does the Highlighting of Hyperlinks Affect Incidental Vocabulary Learning, Text Comprehension, and the Reading Process?
Isabelle De Ridder
Investigates how the signaling-mode of electronic glosses in online texts influences the user's reading process, incidental vocabulary learning, and text comprehension. Indicates that when reading ... More
pp. 123-46
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Providing Controlled Exposure To Target Vocabulary through the Screening and Arranging of Texts
Sina Ghadirian
Considers how to bring foreign language students with limited vocabulary knowledge, consisting mainly of high-frequency words, to where they can comprehend authentic texts in a target domain.... More
pp. 147-64
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Student Perceptions on Language Learning in a Technological Environment: Implications for the New Millennium
Jonita Stepp-Greany
Presents data from beginning Spanish classes using a combination of technologies: Internet activities, CD-ROM, electronic pen pals, and threaded discussions. Examines students' perceptions of the... More
pp. 165-80