Overview

This collection of essay, given at Exeter at the seventh biennial international CALL Conference in 1997, presents a timeley contribution to current research on the use and development of Multimedia in Computer-Assisted Language Learning. The papers are essential reading for all those who wish to keep abreast of the 'state-of-the-art' and who seek ideas for new avenues of research.

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Author:   Keith Cameron
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Elm Bank Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.574kg
ISBN:  

9780950259598

ISBN 10:   0950259594
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 May 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Keith Cameron 1 On the History and Aesthetics of Screen Design (or, Why Do Most Screens Put Learners to Sleep?) Frank L. Borchardt 3 Hypermedia: A New Consensus for the 1990s Tony Stenton 11 Multimedia and the Transformation of Higher Education in South Africa Herbert Thomas 17 Speech in EFL CALL Wlodzimierz Sobkowiak 23 An Intermedia Approach to CALL PawelTopol 35 Basic Concepts of Multimedia-Databased CALL and Implementation Tomoyuki Sano & Koichiro Kurahashi 45 Attitudes Towards Language Learning Through Social and Creative Computing Robert Debski & Paul Gruba 51 Multimedia and Natural Language Processing Marina Dodigovic 57 Connecting With Directed Learning: Perceptions and Practice in Multimedia and Internet-Based Language Activities Matthew Fox, John D.Holder, Mike Weaver 65 An Intuitive, Theoretical and Empirical Perspective on the Effectiveness Question for Multimedia. Paul Brett 81 CALL Implementation: An Evaluation Glyn Holmes & Jane Leney 93 Multimedia and Vocabulary Learning: A Marriage Made in Heaven? Christopher Jones 113 The Design & Integration of Web-Based Resources in the Modern Languages Curriculum Charlie Mansfield & Tony Mcneill 119 Rethinking Hypermedia for the Creative Writer Nick Maxwell 125 One Computer, Two Students, Two Student Models and A Lot of Discussion Elspeth Broady & Susan Bull 135 The Place and Role of Correction / Writing Software in Second Language Acquisition Paul R. (Dick) Kuettner 145 Relate (Remote Language Teaching): Progress, Problems and Potential John Buckett & Gary Stringer 151 Adaptation of Video-Based Language Learning Materials for the World Wide Web Esperanza Roman-Mendoza 161 Finding On-Line Resources for Linguists and Language Teachers Kenji Kitao 167 Multimedia-Databased Interactive Practice for L2 Listening Comprehension Setsuko Wakabayashi 175 A Speech Synthesis Application: To Learn French Spelling Marc Guyomard, Jacques Siroux, Dominique Pemici & Christophe Royer 185 Adapting Human Tutorial Interventions for A Reading Tutor That Listens: Using Continuous Speech Recognition in Interactive Educational Multimedia Gregory Aist & Jack Mostow 193 Listening After the Event: Distance Monitoring of Audio CALL Work, Using Pseudo-Text Laurie Wright 201 EREL: A Multimedia CALL System Devoted to Children With Language Disorders Elisabeth Godbert 207 Multimedia CALL for Vocational English Language and Literacy (An Occupational Safety and Health Project in the Building and Construction Industry in Western Australia) Richard Hewison 217 Learner Proficiency and Learning Tasks Using E-Mail in Japanese Izumi Saita, Richard Harrison & David Inman 221 'Professor Word' - A Multimedia Lexicon: Concordancing and Beyond Sonia Rouve, Sima Navassardian & Pencho Kamburov 229 Automatic Question and Answer Generation for Comprehension Testing Zenshiro Kawasaki 239 Designing Feedback That Is Hard To Ignore: A Boost From Multimedia Isabelle Kreindler 243 Teaching Foreign Languages Using Interactive Videoconferencing Martha Elena Cortès & Laura Galindo 251 Using A Multimedia System for Improving the Teaching-Learning Process of Latin Anita A. Ferreira-Cabrera & John A. Atkinson-Abutridy 259 Ecoutonsl Lisonsl Et Ecrivons!: A Self-Access Programme for Listening and Reading in French Anne Brown & Doris Leblanc 267 Development of Nihongo Partner: Targeting Interactive Multimedia Technologies Towards Training Oral Communication Skills in Japanese Michio Tsutsui, Masashi Kato & Bradley Mohr 273 BUSCA : An Integrated Toolset for Spanish Foreign Language Discovery Carmen Cabot 281 Developing Multimedia CALL Materials: Espanol Interactivo Ana Gimeno-Sanz 289 Nuevos Destinos: Constructing A CD-Rom Interface for Teaching Spanish Robert J. Blake 303

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Keith Cameron is Professor of French and Renaissance Studies at the University of Exeter. Paul Wright is a former MA student from the University of Exter who now works in the civil service.

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