Evolving technologies for language learning

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dc.contributor.authorGodwin-Jones, Robert
dc.contributor.editorRobert Godwin-Jones
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-05T21:13:27Z
dc.date.available2021-10-05T21:13:27Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-01
dc.description.abstractThis column traces the evolution of electronic resources for language learning over the past 25 years, focusing on the arrival and transformation of the “world wide web”, the dramatic changes in mobile technologies, and the movement towards commercial and all-in-one solutions to online learning. In the choice and use of learning materials and approaches, I argue for the consideration of current research in second language acquisition (SLA), with particular importance being studies on sociocultural/pragmatic and multilingual practices, the application of usage-based and complex dynamic models of language learning, and the evidence of the viability of informal language learning. Those developments inform an ecological approach to computer-assisted language learning (CALL), which stresses the openness and unpredictability of the process through the organic interplay between learner and environment. The column concludes with a plea for a greater role for second language development as a vital contribution to the development of global citizenry.
dc.identifier.citationGodwin-Jones, R. (2021). Evolving technologies for language learning. Language Learning & Technology, 25(3), 6–26. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/73443
dc.identifier.issn1094-3501
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/73443
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.publisher(co-sponsored by Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, University of Texas at Austin)
dc.subjectCALL
dc.subjectSLA
dc.subjectEcological Theories
dc.subjectMobile Language Learning
dc.subjectLanguage Learning Materials
dc.titleEvolving technologies for language learning
dc.typeColumn
dc.type.dcmiText
local.llt.topicEmerging Technologies
prism.endingpage26
prism.number3
prism.publicationnameLanguage Learning & Technology
prism.startingpage6
prism.volume25

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Volume 25 Number 3, October 2021 Special Issue: 25 Years of Emerging Technology in CALL