Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Michael Thomas is Senior Lecturer in Language Learning Technologies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, and Editor of International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments.Hayo Reinders is Head of Learner Development at Middlesex University, London, UK, and Editor of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching.Mark Warschauer is a Professor in the Department of Education and the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, and co-editor of Language Learning and Technology.

• Notes on Contributors\ Foreword by Mike Levy \ List ofFigures and Tables \ Chapter 1: Contemporary Computer-Assisted LanguageLearning: The Role of Digital Media and Incremental Change, Michael Thomas,Hayo Reinders and Mark Warschauer \ SECTIONI: The CALL Context \ SectionIntroduction, Michael Thomas, Hayo Reinders and Mark Warschauer \ Chapter2: HistoricalPerspectives on CALL, Graham Davies, Sue E. K. Otto and Bernd Rüschoff \ Chapter 3: ResearchingLanguage Learning in the Age of Social Media, Carla Meskill and JoyQuah \ Chapter 4: Second Language Teacher Education for CALL:An Alignment of Practice and Theory, Gary Motteram, Diane Slaouti andZeynep Onat-Stelma \ Chapter 5: Research on Computers in Language Testing:Past, Present and Future, James Dean Brown \ Chapter 6:MaterialsDesign in CALL: Social Presence in Online Environments, Mirjam Hauck and Sylvia Warnecke \ SECTION II: CALL Learning Environments \ Section Introduction, Hayo Reinders,Michael Thomas and Mark Warschauer \ Chapter 7: Telecollaboration and CALL, Robert O'Dowd\ Chapter 8: Distance CALL Online, Marie-Noëlle Lamy \ Chaper 9: Language Learning in Virtual Worlds: Researchand Practice, Randall Sadlerand Melinda Dooly \ Chapter 10: Digital Games and Language Learning, ChunLai, Ruhui Ni and Yong Zhao \ Chapter 11: Mobile-Assisted Language Learning, lGlennStockwell \ Chapter 12: CALL in Low-TechContexts, Dafne Gonzalez and RubenaSt. Louis \ SECTION III: CALLin Language Education \ SectionIntroduction, Michael Thomas, Hayo Reinders and Mark Warschauer \ Chapter13: IntelligentComputer-Assisted Language Learning, Mathias Schulze and Trude Heift \ Chapter14: Technology-EnhancedReading Environments, Youngmin Park, Binbin Zheng, Joshua Lawrence and MarkWarschauer \ Chapter 15: The Role of Technology in Teaching and Researching Writing, VolkerHegelheimer and JooyoungLee \ Chapter 16: CALL and Less Commonly Taught Languages, RichardM. Robin \ Chapter 17: CALL and Digital Feedback, Paige Wareand Greg Kessler \ Chapter 18: Task-Based Language Teaching and CALL, MichaelThomas \ Chapter 19: CALL and Learner Autonomy: Affordances andConstraints, Hayo Reinders and Philip Hubbard \ Glossary and Abbreviations

This book has a wide range of topics and would be useful for language teachers, education technologists and researchers who have a desire to understand more about how technology can be used in language acquisition.