LANGUAGE LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY
A refereed journal for L2 researchers and educators interested in the role of technology in advancing language learning and teaching.
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Volume 17 Number 1
February 2013
Special Issue on Less Commonly Taught Languages - Language Learning & Technology
Edited by
Carl Blyth
LCTLs and technology: The promise of open education

Carl Blyth

Announcements

Articles

Tablets for informal language learning: Student usage and attitudes

Xiao-Bin Chen

Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL), a relatively new area of CALL inquiry, is gaining more and more attention from language educators …

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L2 identity, discourse, and social networking in Russian

Liudmila Klimanova & Svetlana Dembovskaya

As the integration of Internet-based social networking tools becomes increasingly popular in foreign language classrooms, the use of modern communication …

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Using a radical-derived character e-learning platform to increase learner knowledge of Chinese characters

Hsueh-Chih Chen, Chih-Chun Hsu, Li-Yun Chang, Yu-Chi Lin, Kuo-En Chang & Yao-Ting Sung

The present study is aimed at investigating the effect of a radical-derived Chinese character teaching strategy on enhancing Chinese as …

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Digital texts for learning Finnish: Shared resources and emerging practices

Juha Jalkanen & Heidi Vaarala

Recent studies in the field of new literacies have indicated that a remarkable change in the way we access, consume, …

107
Ojibwe language revitalization, multimedia technology, and family language learning

Mary Hermes & Kendall A. King

Although Indigenous language loss and revitalization are not new topics of academic work nor new areas of community activism (e.g., …

125

Columns

Emerging Technologies

Edited by Robert Godwin-Jones

The technological imperative in teaching and learning less commonly taught languages

Robert Godwin-Jones

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Commentary

MALL—Somewhere between the tower, the field, the classroom, and the market: A reply to Professor Stockwell’s response

Oliver James Ballance

In the previous issue of LLT, I commented upon Stockwell (2010), suggesting that the learning activities investigated limited the scope …

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Call for Papers

Call for papers—Teacher training and CALL

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Acknowledgements

2012 Reviewer Acknowledgements

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Media Reviews

Review of An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic and Culture

Mike Turner

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Review of Working Mandarin for Beginners

Haidan Wang

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Review of Working Portuguese for Beginners

Vivan Flanzer

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Review of Learning in the Cloud: How (and Why) to Transform Schools with Digital Media

Mike Levy

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