Language Learning with Computers: The Students' Perspective - A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) has advanced considerably of late. More and more frequently online modules are integrated into formal educational contexts, with virtual and face-to-face learning environments co-existing. This book examines university students' reactions to blended learning at a time when the usefulness of the computer for research and communication is uncontested, while its benefits as a teaching tool are still somewhat controversial. The first part of the book provides a detailed overview of research into individual differences - e.g. aptitude, motivation, and cognitive style - and the theoretical context of CALL. A series of studies then examines empirically in what way students' experience of blended learning is linked to individual learner differences and other contextual variables.

List of contents

Contents: Research into Individual Differences - Aptitude - Motivation and Anxiety - Affective Factors and CALL - Cognitive Learning Style Models - Personality-based Models - Approaches to Learning - Learner Training - CALL and its Theoretical Context - Tracing the Roots of CALL - Learning Theories - Psycholinguistic Perspective - Applied Linguistics - Second Language Acquisition, Pedagogy and CALL Design - Current Issues in CALL - Empirical Research - Studies 1-10: Investigating Students' Views of Blended Learning in Light of Individual Differences - Integration of Results and Conclusion.

About the author

The Author: Ruth Trinder is Associate Professor in the Department of English Business Communication at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in Austria.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Trinder
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9783631550816
• ISBN: 978-3-631-55081-6
• No. of pages: 358
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 19 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 470 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Bildungspolitik, Englisch, Sprachunterricht, Spracherwerb, Fremdsprachenerwerb: Grammatik, Wortschatz, Aussprache, Fremdsprachendidaktik: Theorie und Methoden, Lerntechniken, Bildungsstrategien und -politik, Bildungsmanagement, Fremdsprachenunterricht, Bildung / Bildungsmanagement, Politik / Bildung, Management / Bildungsmanagement, Lernen / Lernmethoden, Lerntechniken, Fremdsprache / Didaktik, Methodik, Testverfahren und Zertifikate für Englisch als Zweitsprache, Business English; CALL; E-Learning; Fremdsprachenlernen; Hochschule; Lernerfolg; New Media /Language Teaching; SLA