Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2231
Release: 2019-01-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1522576649

In a diverse society, the ability to cross communication barriers is critical to the success of any individual personally, professionally, and academically. With the constant acceleration of course programs and technology, educators are continually being challenged to develop and implement creative methods for engaging English-speaking and non-English-speaking learners. Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source that examines the relationship between language education and technology and the potential for curriculum enhancements through the use of mobile technologies, flipped instruction, and language-learning software. This multi-volume book is geared toward educators, researchers, academics, linguists, and upper-level students seeking relevant research on the improvement of language education through the use of technology.

Des langues de la maison aux langues de l'école en milieu plurilingue

Des langues de la maison aux langues de l'école en milieu plurilingue
Author: Paule Fioux
Publisher: KARTHALA Editions
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: French language
ISBN: 9782845862036

Cet ouvrage aborde la question de l'apprentissage des langues à l'école par la biographie langagière de l'enfant. Il prend appui sur l'expérience de l'île de La Réunion où les enfants qui entrent à l'école maternelle sont en majorité non francophones, alors que la langue de l'école est le français. Pour eux, la scolarisation implique donc une rupture de langue et de langage, et la nécessité de s'approprier une nouvelle langue, celle de l'école, par laquelle ils découvriront leur autonomie de sujet et la loi sociale, dans la classe, et qu'ils utiliseront pour construire les savoirs scolaires. Ces enfants, pratiquant toujours chez eux et entre pairs la langue de la maison, ont à devenir, de fait, bi- ou plurilingues très jeunes. L'ouvrage a donc pour thématique générale la construction de cette compétence plurilingue précoce, dont les enjeux et les difficultés sont d'un autre type que ceux de l'apprentissage plus tardif de nouvelles langues à l'école, qui, elles, ne sont plus ni vecteurs de socialisation et d'autonomie du sujet, ni supports des savoirs scolaires fondamentaux.

Critical Perspectives on Plurilingualism in Deaf Education

Critical Perspectives on Plurilingualism in Deaf Education
Author: Kristin Snoddon
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2021-07-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 180041076X

This book is the first edited international volume focused on critical perspectives on plurilingualism in deaf education, which encompasses education in and out of schools and across the lifespan. The book provides a critical overview and snapshot of the use of sign languages in education for deaf children today and explores contemporary issues in education for deaf children such as bimodal bilingualism, translanguaging, teacher education, sign language interpreting and parent sign language learning. The research presented in this book marks a significant development in understanding deaf children's language use and provides insights into the flexibility and pragmatism of young deaf people and their families’ communicative practices. It incorporates the views of young deaf people and their parents regarding their language use that are rarely visible in the research to date.

Didactique plurilingue et pluriculturelle

Didactique plurilingue et pluriculturelle
Author: George Alao
Publisher: Archives contemporaines
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2012
Genre: Language and languages
ISBN: 2813001090

Cet ouvrage centre son attention sur la figure de l'acteur en contexte mondialisé, sous un angle large et éclaté, celui de l'apprenant de langue(s) dans et hors les murs d'un système d'enseignement, celui de l'étudiant international dans et hors les frontières, celui de l'enseignant créateur de dispositifs dans et hors de la classe, celui du concepteur de manuels et du traducteur, médiateurs au plus près des langues et des cultures mais surtout de leurs apprenants ou de leurs lecteurs. (4e decouv.)

Autoethnographies of Plurilingualism

Autoethnographies of Plurilingualism
Author: Enrica Piccardo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2024-09-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1040105521

This collection spotlights the authentic voices of plurilingual learners, bringing together autoethnographies of over twenty graduate students to deepen current understandings of lived experiences of plurilingualism. The volume begins with outlining foundational work on plurilingualism in language education up to this point, with the body of work on plurilingual subjectivities historically focusing on researchers’ and practitioners’ gazes, rather than students. The book moves into short autoethnographies of graduate students at the University of Toronto enrolled in a graduate education course over three years. Employing autoethnography as the primary methodology allows the space for privileging authentic voices of plurilingual learners in their own words, learners whose individual lived experiences are uniquely contextualized within the lens of plurilingual theory. The volume and diversity of perspectives showcased offer a unique window into the diversity and commonalities among plurilingual learners, offering opportunities for reflection on directions for future research. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in applied linguistics, language teaching and learning, and language education.