256 pp. November 2002
paper, ISBN 978-0-8248-2634-5, $25.00
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New Technologies and Language Learning: Cases in the Less Commonly Taught Languages
by Carol Anne Spreen
NFLRC Monographs
Distributed for the National Foreign Language Resource Center
“Perhaps the overall importance of this volume is not in the details of the case studies, valuable as they may be. Rather, the divergent uses of technology described in the collection underscore both the potential benefit of these applications and the local needs and constraints associated with technologically mediated materials.... Indeed, the radio may be more useful than the Web in specified instances.” —Modern Language Journal, Summer 2004
In recent years, the National Security Education Program (NSEP) has supported an increasing number of programs for teaching languages using different technological media. This compilation of case study initiatives (funded through the NSEP Institutional Grants Program) presents a range of technology-based options for language programming that will help universities make more informed decisions about teaching less commonly taught languages. The eight chapters describe how different types of technologies are used to support language programs (i.e., Web, ITV, and audio- or video-based materials), discuss identifiable trends in e-language learning, and explore how technology addresses issues of equity, diversity, and opportunity. This book offers many lessons learned and decisions made as technology changes and learning needs become more complex.
Carol Anne Spreen is assistant director of institutional grants at the National Security Education Program.
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