Inclusive Language Education and Digital Technology

Dr Elina Vilar Beltrán is a language instructor at Queen Mary, University of London. Modern languages education and accessibility have been her main areas of study since she started her post-doctoral training at King's College London. Other areas of interest are digital literacies, intercultural communication and language development in the study abroad context.Dr Chris Abbott is Reader in e-Inclusion at King's College London. He specialises in teaching and research around literacy, language and assistive technologies, especially with regard to students identified as having learning difficulties. He has led a number of research projects on aspects of technology and disability, and is the author of ICT: Changing Education (2000) and SEN and the Internet: Issues for the Inclusive Classroom (2002).Dr Jane Jones is Senior Lecturer in MFL Teacher Education at King's College London. Her research interests include the development and embedding of effective formative assessment practices in language teaching and learning, especially with student teachers, and the promotion of self-regulatory strategies by pupils of all abilities and all ages to manage their own learning.

• Introduction: Elina Vilar Beltrán, Chris Abbott and Jane JonesChapter 1. Jane Jones: Modern Foreign Languages as an inclusive learning opportunity: changing policies, practices and identities in the languages classroomChapter 2. Chris Abbott: Technology uses and language – a personal viewChapter 3. David Wilson: Meeting special educational needs in technology-enhanced language teaching: learning from the past, working for the futureChapter 4. Elina Vilar Beltrán and Auxiliadora Sales Ciges: The 21st century languages classroom – the teacher perspectiveChapter 5. Ewa Domagała-Zyśk: Using technology to teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Deaf and Hard of HearingChapter 6. Lynne Meiring and Nigel Norman: ICT- an instrument for developing inclusive practice in the training of Modern Languages teachersChapter 7. Margaret Crombie: Foreign languages for learners with dyslexia - inclusive practice and technologyChapter 8. John Connor: Creative engagement and inclusion in the MFL classroomChapter 9. Andreas Jeitler and Mark Wassermann: Conflicts between real-time resources and the storage of digitized materials: issues of copyrightConclusion: Elina Vilar Beltrán, Chris Abbott and Jane Jones

A timely and thought-provoking book which will enhance the teaching of MFL for all those with special educational needs. This stimulating book is located sensitively within relevant theoretical, pedagogical and policy frameworks, whilst illuminative case studies and inspirational examples of good practice support the whole most effectively. A 'must' for everyone involved in the development of the inclusive language education agenda and, in particular, the harnessing of digital technologies to this end.