Overview

ISSN: 1833-4105

Edited by Jeong-Bae Son

Published in August 2008

This collection publishes refereed papers from APACALL  and the GLoCALL 2007 Conference, which was held at Hanoi University in Hanoi and SEAMEO RETRAC in Ho Chi Minh City in 2007. It presents diverse engagements with computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in local and global contexts.

In line with the aims of the GLoCALL conference, the authors of the papers share their knowledge and experience on how to use computer technology to make language learning more effective and pleasant and how to adapt the technology to develop language teachers' professionalism in CALL.

This collection of articles exhibit the considerable diversity of CALL and the efforts to contextualise CALL locally and globally. They expand our understanding of CALL research and practice and provide us with ideas of how CALL can be used in multiple ways.

This issue is designed to encourage readers to begin or continue their adventures in the world of CALL and is important reading for language educators.

Table of Contents

Guest Editor's Introduction to Special Theme Issue: Contextualising CALL Locally and Globally
Jeong-Bae Son

Student Off-task Behavior and Motivation in the CALL Classroom
Peter Gobel

Computer-Produced Comics as a Means of Summarising Academic Readings in EAP Programs
Steve Engler, Christopher Hoskins, Sylvan Payne

Using Web-Based Language Learning Activities in the ESL Classroom
Jeong-Bae Son

Integrating Emerging Technologies in the Foreign Language Classroom: A Case Study
Antonie Alm

Integrating Global Media Contents for an EFL Course in Japan: Cultural Orientation Project on Vietnam
Hiroaki Chiyokura, Mizuho Iinuma

The Teacher's Roles in a Student-Centered Audio-Video Speaking Class
Zhihong Lu, Xiaohui Huang, Juan Sun

Aligning NETS*T Standards with Technology Integration for Kosrae Teachers
Jacquelyn D. Cyrus

Language Learning in the Virtual World: Instructors' Voices
Pramela Krish

The eEducator Module: A New Approach to the Training of Online Tutors
Gordon Joyes, Carol Hall, Siew Ming Thang