Publisher's Synopsis
The widespread availability of foreign-language satellite TV broadcasts and of networked desktop computing has significantly expanded the range of opportunities for the fruitful use of technology in language learning. Developments in the concordancing of large-scale corpora have thrown new light on the nature of language itself and may ultimately change our understanding of the way in which it can be most effectively learnt and taught. Furthermore, the new communication technologies are becoming increasingly accessible to lanauge learners and teachers, in all education sectors.;This book presents accounts of innovative practice in the use of languages at advanced levels. The emphasis is not on technological wizardry, but on proven pedagogic applications. Often the technologies themselves are established and ideas for their use simple. All contributions are by practising teachers and researchers in second langauge learning. This book should be of value to lanaguage teachers and managers across sectors.
