Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching
Edited by Lee B. Abraham and Lawrence Williams
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 25] 2009. x, 346 pp.
Lee B. Abraham
List of John Benjamins publications for which Lee B. Abraham plays a role.
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Subjects Applied linguistics | Discourse studies | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Pragmatics
Articles
2009 Web-based translation for promoting language awareness: Evidence from Spanish Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 65–84 | Article
This chapter reports on a study that explored how students in a Spanish conversation course worked collaboratively to evaluate sentences translated from English to Spanish by a Web translation site. An analysis of language-related episodes (Swain & Lapkin, 1998) indicated that learners’ offline… read more
2009 The discussion forum as a component of a technology-enhanced Integrated Performance Assessment Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 319–344 | Article
This chapter explores the use of online discussion forums as a component of an Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) (Adair-Hauck, Glisan, Koda, Swender, & Sandrock, 2006; Glisan, Uribe, & Adair-Hauck, 2007) within a (foreign) language curriculum. First, we examine the linguistic, discursive, and… read more
2009 Introduction: Analyzing and exploring electronic discourse Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 1–8 | Article
2009 Interactional and discursive features of English-language weblogs for language learning and teaching Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 193–212 | Article
This chapter provides an overview of the nature of authentic (i.e., non-educational) weblogs (blogs) and offers a number a recommendations for using blogs in the English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) curriculum to promote second language literacy. Our discussion centers around blog-writing… read more