Language Learning with Computers: The Students’ Perspective
A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
©2006
Postdoctoral Thesis
360 Pages
Summary
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.
Details
- Pages
- 360
- Publication Year
- 2006
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631550816
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Hochschule Fremdsprachenlernen E-Learning Lernerfolg CALL Business English SLA New Media /Language Teaching
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2006. 360 pp., num. tables and graphs
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