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Technologies for Foreign Language Learning: A Review of Technology Types and Their Effectiveness
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Golonka, Ewa M.; Bowles, Anita R.; Frank, Victor M.; Richardson, Dorna L.; Freynik, Suzanne – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2014
This review summarizes evidence for the effectiveness of technology use in foreign language (FL) learning and teaching, with a focus on empirical studies that compare the use of newer technologies with more traditional methods or materials. The review of over 350 studies (including classroom-based technologies, individual study tools,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Computer-Aided Pronunciation Pedagogy: Promise, Limitations, Directions.
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Pennington, Martha C. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1999
An overview is presented of the promise and limitations of working on the computer to improve pronunciation in a second language. It is maintained that the considerable promise of the computer as an instructional tool for developing language learners' pronunciation has yet to be realized in practice. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction
Pronunciation Feedback from Real and Virtual Language Teachers
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Engwall, Olov; Balter, Olle – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2007
The aim of this paper is to summarise how pronunciation feedback on the phoneme level should be given in computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) in order to be effective. The study contains a literature survey of feedback in the language classroom, interviews with language teachers and their students about their attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation, Language Teachers