Kara McBride
List of John Benjamins publications for which Kara McBride plays a role.
Articles
2009 Podcasts and second language learning: Promoting listening comprehension and intercultural competence Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 153–168 | Article
This chapter discusses how podcasts that were not originally made specifically for second language (L2) learners can be used in L2 classes to promote listening comprehension and intercultural competence. The chapter first defines and describes podcasts and offers strategies for locating useful ones. read more
2008 English web page use in an EFL setting: A contrastive rhetoric view of the development of information literacy Contrastive Rhetoric: Reaching to intercultural rhetoric, Connor, Ulla, Ed Nagelhout and William Rozycki (eds.), pp. 219–240 | Article
The nonlinear and interactive nature of Internet searches makes them quite different from other types of reading acts. This chapter describes a study that investigated how English as a foreign language (EFL) Internet users in a Chilean university community approached English language websites and… read more
2008 Interpersonal and intercultural understanding in a blended second culture classroom Mediating Discourse Online, Magnan Pierce, Sally (ed.), pp. 93–123 | Article