Tapping into technology for foreign language learning is important, given that such learning is seen as vital to the nation's economic and cultural well-being. The development of technology has dovetailed nicely with a new paradigm of foreign language education, says Marty Abbott, director of education for the American Council on the Teaching of…

Describes the development and implementation of state-of-the-art hardware and software for New Jersey's Kean University ESL Program, aimed at transforming the program into a model for computer-assisted interactive language learning. Discusses changes in students' language skills including production of more written language, frequent global…

Baruch College's (New York) Speech Communication Laboratory provides both tutorial and classroom settings and audio, video, and computer-interactive materials to help its large population of non-native English language students improve their language skills. (Author/CB)