Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-503) and index.

“Most CALL texts are technology driven, that is, they are organized around the types of activities that computers are able to do. Few have presented a specific framework based on second language acquisition (SLA) research. This volume fills that need.

Egbert and Hanson-Smith conceive of technology as support for a total environment for learning rather than as a single tool or a source of information. Their premise is that technology can change what teachers teach as well as how. It can also change whom they teach, as technology reaches out to the most distant learners in the most isolated places and offers a great richness of experience.

This volume: offers a sound theoretical framework based on ESL and SLA research describes theory-based practice for high-technology and low-technology environments and a variety of learners tackles critical issues within the CALL environment communicates excitement about the potential of technology-enhanced education

For teachers in training, graduate and undergraduate students in TESOL methods courses, and classroom practitioners, this book will be a rich source of ideas and inspiration." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments

1. Computer-Enhanced Language Learning Environments: An Overview Joy Egbert, Chin-chi Chao, and Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

Part I: Interaction

2. Theory and Research: Interaction via Computers / Joy Kreeft Peyton

3. Classroom Practice: Creating Interactive CALL Activities / Joy Egbert

4. CALL Issues: Building a Computer-Enhanced Language Classroom / Shayla Sivert and Joy Egbert

Part II: Authentic Audience

5. Theory and Research: Audience, Language Use, and Language Learning / Bill Johnston

6. Classroom Practice: An introduction to E-Mail and World Wide Web Projects / Susan Gaer

7. Classroom Practice: Authentic Audience on the Internet / Leslie Opp-Beckman

Part III: Authentic Task

8. Theory and Research: Investigation of "Authentic" Language Learning Tasks / Carol A. Chapelle

9. Classroom Practice: Communicative Skill-Building Tasks in CALL Environments / Deborah Healey

10. Classroom Practice: Content-Area Tasks in CALL Environments / Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

11. CALL Issues: Instructional Aspects of Software Evaluation / Claire Bradin

Part IV: Opportunities for Exposure and Production

12. Theory and Research: Input, Interaction, and CALL / Lloyd Holliday

13. Classroom Practice: Using Multimedia for Input and Interaction in CALL Environments / Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

14. CALL Issues: Resources for CALL / Jim Buell

Part V: Time/Feedback

15. Theory and Research: New Emphases of Assessment in the Language Learning Classroom / Chin-Chi Chao

16. Classroom Practice: Practical Assessments in the CALL Classroom / Joy Egbert

17. CALL Issues: Setting Policy for the Evaluation of the CALL Environment / Ana Bishop

Part VI: Intentional Cognition, Learning Styles, and Motivation

18. Theory and Research: Learning Styles, Motivation, and the CALL Classroom / Keng-Soon Soo

19. Classroom Practice: Enhancing and Extending Learning Styles Through Computers / Karen Yeok-Hwa Ngeow

20. CALL Issues: Multicultural Considerations in a CALL Environment / Ana Bishop

Part VII: Atmosphere

21. Theory and Research: Classroom Atmosphere / Bill Johnston

22. Classroom Practice: MOO, WOO and More - Language Learning in Virtual Environments / Lonnie Turbee

23. CALL Issues: Introducing Students to Computers / Sheryl Beller-Kenner

Part VIII: Control

24. Theory and Research: Autonomy and Language Learning / Deborah Healey

25. Classroom Practice: Autonomy Through Authoring Software / Robert Wachman

26. CALL Issues: Language Learning Over Distance / Ruth Vilmi

27. CALL Issues: Designing CALL Software / Elizabeth Boling and Keng-Soon Soo

28. Conclusion: 20 Minutes Into the Future / Carla Meskill

Appendixes

Appendix A: Professional Organizations

Appendix B: Electronic Forums for Teachers and Students

Appendix C: Web Sites With Lists of Links to Resources

Appendix D: Freeware and Shareware Archives On-Line

Appendix E: Software Publishers and Distributors

Appendix F: Resources for Content-Based Learning on the Internet

Appendix G: Interactive World Wide Web Pages for Students

Appendix H: Curricular Exchanges and Courses On-Line

Appendix I: On-Line Guides to the Internet and MOOing