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Peer reviewedSanders, David; Kenner, Roger – System, 1983
Concern is expressed that computer-assisted instruction may quickly become obsolete unless courseware reflects current trends in language learning. Current courseware is criticized as structure-bound and reflecting the 1960s audiolingual approach and for using computer-generated enhancements to cover up essentially trivial exercises. Work done at…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction
Download full textHead, Mary K. – 1998
Suggestions are offered on the use of animated lectures on CD-ROM into the curriculum of an upper-intermediate-level course in English-as-a-second-language speaking and listening. The technique is recommended as a means of sharpening student listening skills and preparing students for real-life lectures in college. Animated lectures were drawn…
Descriptors: Animation, Cartoons, Classroom Techniques, Computer Software
Baltra, Armando – 1986
Adventure games designed for use on home computers are a potentially powerful instructional resource in English as a second language because they promote problem-solving using the target language and are highly motivating to students. The games, whose objective is usually for the user to defeat an obscure force and recover a precious object, are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Harrison, John S. – 1986
In keeping with the increased use of computers in schools, the available software for foreign language instruction has grown to over 1,000 titles, mostly of the drill and practice type, and professional associations are reviewing software and computer-related instructional techniques. However, there seems to be no clear direction for the future of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedLaws, Rita – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1996
A discussion of distance learning (DL) on the Internet outlines four steps in student use of DL on-line (self-education about DL, defining needs, choosing a program, finding and keeping resources and support), describes nine different DL applications on the Internet, and presents a bibliography of useful related books, journals, and software…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Pickard, Valerie; And Others – 1994
The value and role of concordancers (simple computer programs that can quickly analyze electronic texts to find occurrences of a given word, part of a word, or phrase and display it within its immediate context) in secondary school English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teaching are examined. First, their use in higher education is discussed,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Costs
