Technology-Enhanced Language Learning for Specialized Domains

Elena Martín-Monje is Lecturer at UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), Spain, where she teaches in the areas of English for Specific Purposes and Computer-Assisted Language Learning, also her fields of research.Izaskun Elorza is Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics, University of Salamanca, Spain, where she is involved in teaching and researching in the areas of English language, grammar and corpus linguistics. In the area of ICTs’ applications to language teaching and learning, she is particularly interested in corpus-based language modelling.Blanca García Riaza is Lecturer at the School of Education and Tourism, University of Salamanca, Spain, where she teaches in the areas of English for Specific Purposes, Oral Communication and ICTs. Her research interests focus on corpus-based discourse analysis and mobile learning.

• Foreword Introduction Acknowledgements Section 1: General issues about learning languages with computers 1.1. Languages and literacies for digital lives 1.2. Promoting intercultural competence in culture and language studies: Outcomes of an international collaborative project 1.3. Return on investment: The future of evidence-based research on ICT-enhanced Business English 1.4. L2 English learning and performance through online activities: A case study Section 2: Languages and technology-enhanced assessment 2.1. Language testing in the digital era 2.2. Synchronous computer-mediated communication in ILP research: A study based on the ESP context 2.3. The COdA scoring rubric: An attempt to facilitate assessment in the field of digital educational material in Higher Education 2.4. Enabling automatic, technology enhanced assessment in language e-learning: Using ontologies and linguistic annotation merge to improve accuracy Section 3: Mobile-assisted language learning 3.1. Challenges and opportunities in enacting MALL designs for LSP 3.2. Designer learning: The teacher as designer of mobile-based classroom learning experiences 3.3. Mobile and Massive Language Learning Section 4: Language Massive Open Online Courses 4.1. Academic writing in MOOC environments: Challenges and Rewards 4.2. Language MOOCs: Better by design 4.3. Enhancing specialised vocabulary through social learning in language MOOCs Section 5: Corpus-based approaches to specialized linguistic domains 5.1. Corpus-based teaching in LSP 5.2. Transcription and annotation of non-native spoken corpora 5.3. Using monolingual virtual corpora in public service legal translator training Section 6: Computer-assisted translation tools for language learning 6.1. Computer-assisted translation tools as tools for language learning 6.2. Applying corpora-based translation studies to the classroom: Languages for specific purposes acquisition 6.3. VISP: A MALL-based app using audio description techniques to improve B1 EFL students’ oral competence