Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology

Fiona Farr lectures in English Language Teaching in the School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication at the University of Limerick, where she was also Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences from 2008-2011. She is a member of the Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS), and the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Research Group. She is involved in English language teacher education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and is currently leading the development of a PhD in TESOL to begin in September, 2013.Liam Murray currently lectures in French language and culture, Computer-Assisted Language Learning Assessment Methods and Second Language Acquisition in the School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication at the University of Limerick, where he is also a member of the Centre for Applied Language Studies. At this same University, he was the Initiator and the Course Director for the successful launch in 2006 of the B.Sc. in Multimedia and Computer Games Development within the Computer Science and Information Systems Department, on which he also lectures.

• List of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsPermissionsList of acronymsList of contributorsIntroductionFiona Farr and Liam MurrayPart I: Historical and conceptual contextsPart II: Core issuesPart III: Interactive and collaborative technologies for language learningPart IV: Corpora and data-driven learningPart V: Gaming and language learningPart VI: Purpose designed language learning resources

'This is a superb collection of state of the art chapters covering the full field of technology in language teaching and learning.  Anyone interested in gaining an overview of the field would do well by beginning with this collection, as would more experienced readers seeking to update themselves on any given topic.' John Flowerdew, City University of Hong Kong, China