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1 Second Language Teaching and Learning with Technology : Views of Emergent ResearchersEdited by Sylvie Thou sny and Linda languageforeign languagenatural Language processingglossinginteractioninterventio nmediationonline Language learningnon-native speakercross-cultural interactiondynamic assessmentcontext socialisingdesign-based researchmobile group blogcontext transitionindependent learningvocabulary acquisitioncomputer-mediated communicationcomputer-assisted Language learningInternetblogmobile-assisted Language learningnegotiating meaningcommunicationassessmenttechnology collaborationautonomylanguage learninglanguage teachingSecond Language Teaching and Learning

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5 Cantarell, designer Dave Crossland; Old Standard TT, designer Alexey : 978-1-908416-00-1 (eBook)ISBN13: 978-1-908416-01-8 (print on demand)British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication cataloguing record for this book is available from the British of ContentsNotes on Contributors ..ivAcknowledgements ..ixForeword ..xIntroduction on Views of Emergent Researchers in L2 Teaching and Learning with TechnologySylvie Thou sny and Linda Bradley ..1 Personal Learning Environments in Higher Education Language Courses: An Informal and Learner-Centred ApproachIlona Laakkonen ..9 QuickAssist: Reading and Learning Vocabulary Independently with the Help of CALL and NLP TechnologiesPeter and Tutor Assessment in Online Language Learning Materials: InGenio FCE Online Course and TesterAna Sevilla-Pav n, Antonio Mart nez-S ez, and Jos Macario de Siqueira.

6 45 Mobile-Assisted Language Learning : Designing for Your StudentsAgnieszka Palalas ..71 Table of Contents ivA Design for Intercultural Exchange An Analysis of Engineering Students Interaction with English Majors in a Poetry BlogLinda Bradley, Berner Lindstr m, Hans Rystedt, and Magnus Gustafsson ..95 Developing Sociolinguistic Competence through Intercultural Online ExchangeMathy Ritchie ..123 Second Language Learning by Exchanging Cultural Contexts through the Mobile Group BlogYinjuan Shao ..143 Dynamically Assessing Written Language : To what Extent Do Learners of French Language Accept Mediation?Sylvie Thou sny.

7 169 Computer-Mediated Negotiated Interactions: How is Meaning Negotiated in Discussion Boards, Text Chat and Videoconferencing?C dric Sarr ..189 Name Index ..211vNotes on ContributorsEditorsSylvie Thou sny is a student at Dublin City University, Ireland. Her current research focuses on Language learner variability and Language learner modeling to assist Second Language teachers in the provision of strategic and effective feedback adapted to each individual. This field of research mainly draws on disciplines such as applied linguistics, human computer interaction, natural Language processing, intelligent computer-assisted Language Learning , and dynamic Bradley is a student and lecturer at the Centre for Language and Communication, Chalmers University of Technology , Sweden.

8 Her research interest is Language Learning and Technology , investigating students interaction, communication and linguistic production in online environments within higher education. Her publications focus on student collaboration and intercultural Learning on web based tools such as wikis and blogs. In addition, she has a general interest in self-directed Learning on emergent mobile CommitteeFran oise Blin has been working in CALL since the late eighties. She holds a PhD in Educational Technology from the Open University, UK. Her more recent work focuses on the applications of Activity Theory to CALL research, design, and practice.

9 She is Vice-President of EUROCALL, co-editor of ReCALL ( with June Thompson), and deputy editor of Alsic (Apprentissage des Langues et Syst mes de Communication). She is currently Associate Dean for Learning Innovation in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Dublin City University, Gimeno-Sanz, in English Philology, is Associate Professor in English Language in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Universidad Polit cnica Notes on Contributors vide Valencia, Spain. She is Head of the CAMILLE Research Group, devoted to research and development in CALL. She is currently President of the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL).

10 She serves on several journals academic advisory panels, including ReCALL (CUP) and the CALL Journal (Taylor & Francis) and is editor of EUROCALL s online journal, The EUROCALL Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK, where she leads the Next Generation Distance Learning research programme. She is President of the International Association for Mobile Learning and a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning . She has been working in mobile Learning research since 2001, leading numerous projects investigating Learning innovation, self-directed Learning and informal mobile Language Liaw is Professor in the Department of English at National Taichung University, Taiwan, and adjunct faculty in the Global Program of College of New Jersey, A.