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This book is about language learning with technology, offering readers theoretical insights as well as practical case studies with a focus on Asia and Asian students. Although technology is rapidly advancing and most, if not all, students are already using technology in their everyday lives, traditional teaching/learning practices still exist throughout Asia. This book provides examples, written by representative educators, from a variety of countries/regions and contexts where technology has successfully been used to enhance language learning. In addition to some everyday examples of using technology: Wikipedia, PowerPoint, Google Docs and YouTube, the book also offers the readers an insight into the future possible uses of advanced technology: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Eye Tracking. The book presents illustrations of how teachers can, and perhaps should, be open to integrating some form of technology into in-class learning or using it to supplement out-of-class activities.
List of contents
Section 1: Introduction.- Section 2: Theories and principles of language learning with technology.- Section 3.1: Case Studies.- Case Study 1: Singapore.- Case Study 2: Thailand.- Case Study 3: Malaysia.- Case Study 4: Bangladesh.- Case Study 5: Hong Kong.- Case Study 6: Macau.- Case Study 7: Japan.- Case Study 8: Korea.- Case Study 9: Vietnam.- Section 3.2: Languages other than English.- Case Study 10: Learning Chinese in Malaysia.- Case Study 11: Learning Spanish in Japan.- Section 3.3: New theories and practices.- Case Study 12: Mainland China.- Case Study 13: Japan.- Case Study 14: Malaysia.- Section 4: The way forward.
About the author
Lindsay Miller is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the City University of Hong Kong where he teaches courses in learning styles and strategies, materials development and critical pedagogy on BA and MA programmes. He is also the PhD coordinator. He has worked in primary, secondary and tertiary level educational establishments in the UK, the Middle East, Thailand and Hong Kong. He has published widely and is the co-author of
Establishing Self-Access: From Theory to Practice (1999), with D, Gardner;
Second Language Listening: Theory and Practice (2005), with J. Flowerdew;
Managing Self-Access Language Learning (2014), with D. Gardner, and
English in the Disciplines: A Multidimensional Model for ESP Course Design (2019), with C.A. Hafner.
Junjie Gavin Wu is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at Shenzhen Technology University. He received international awards and scholarships from the 18th World Conference on Mobile andContextual Learning, GLoCALL 2019 International Conference, City University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics, and AFS Germany. He currently serves on the committee of PacCALL International Association and helps organize GLoCALL International Conferences. Gavin has published widely on technology-enhanced language learning in internationally refereed journals, including Computer Assisted Language Learning, Journal of Education for Teaching, RELC Journal, Language in Society, TESOL Journal, TESL-EJ, The Journal of Asia TEFL, and CALL-EJ.
