Throughout the decades, a wide variety of methodologies and approaches to the teaching of languages have developed. In the current, technology driven environment, demand is high for new tools and student-centered collaborative learning approaches to promote students' language and communicative skills.

The Handbook of Research on E-Learning Methodologies for Language Acquisition contributes over 50 authoritative research studies planning e-learning theory, pedagogy, methodologies and approaches developed and implemented by prominent international authors. An essential addition to the reference collection of any academic library, this commanding Handbook of Research will foster professional discussion and progress among researchers, practitioners, and educators in this rapidly developing field.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Avatars
CALL
Concept mapping
Corpus Linguistics
Cross-Cultural Communication
E-Learning
Information and Communication Technology
Language Acquisition
Language Learning
Language Teaching
Mobile Technologies
MOOs
Online Learning
Virtual Learning Environments
Virtual Worlds

Reviews & Statements

This handbook gathers research on innovative theoretical and practical approaches to language learning and teaching in the area of CALL, using current available teaching resources for F2F, distance and hybrid courses.

– Rita de Cássia Veiga Marriott, Pontifical Catholic University of Brazil, Brazil

The text aims to contribute to the education of language students, novice teachers, academics, and researchers who want to keep up-to-date on current developments.

– Book News Inc. (Nov. 2008)

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Editor/Author Biographies

Rita de Cássia Veiga Marriott BA, MEd, is a member of the academic staff in the Department of Hispanic Studies and at the Centre for Modern Languages at the University of Birmingham UK, where she is a Portuguese Language Tutor. She has lectured at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) and at Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) in Brazil in subjects including EFL, ESP, Collaborative Learning Online, Translation Studies, New Technologies in Education in the Department of Languages and the Department of Education at graduate and post-graduate levels and has also given Teacher Training Courses related to Computer Assisted Language Learning at CELIN (UFPR’s Language Centre). She has participated in several projects involving e-learning and CALL and has been a member of the research group on Education, Communication and Technology at PUCPR since 2004. She is a founder-member of Braz-TESOL (1983), and since 1986 she has presented papers at various events nationally and internationally. Her research interests include language teaching, learning and acquisition, CALL, e-learning, new technologies in Education and the use of concept maps for language learning/teaching, and she has published in several of these areas including a book, chapters in books, articles in Journals and conference contributions. She is currently a doctoral student in E-Learning and Language Acquisition in the School of Education at the University of Birmingham UK.

Patricia Lupion Torres has been a professor at PUCPR (Pontifical Catholic University of Parana/Brazil) since 1982. She was Head of the Education Department from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2003 to 2005. She was the coordinator of Research and Assessment of the Distance Learning Department from 2002 to 2003. She was also a lecturer at UFSC (Federal University of Santa Catarina/Brazil) on the Media and Knowledge Masters Course from 1999 to 2002. A Pedagogue, she is a Specialist in Psycho-pedagogy and in Sociological Theories and has a Master in Education from PUCPR. She took her doctorate on Media and Knowledge at UFSC. She was on the Board of Directors of PUCWEB from 2003 to 2005. She is currently the Pedagogical Coordinator of the National Service on Rural Learning – SENAR-PR. She manages projects on the use of virtual learning environments for distance learning in Higher Education, teaches the Masters and Doctorate in Education Courses at PUCPR whilst is the Director of Distance Learning at the same institution.

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Editorial Advisory Board

Clarissa Menezes Jordão, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil

Felicia Zhang, University of Canberra, Australia

Gavin Dudeney, The Consultants-E, Spain

Jacques Viens, FSE, Université de Montréal, Canada

Jeannette Littlemore, University of Birmingham, UK

Panayiotis Zaphiris, City University London, UK

Peppi Taalas, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Steve Mann, University of Warwick, UK

Terry T. Kidd, University of Texas, USA

Vera Menezes, Brazil

List of Reviewers

Adail Sebastiao Rodrigues Junior, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil

Ademilde Silveira Sartori, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, Brazil

Alejandro Martins, Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina (SOCIESC), Brazil

Ana Maria Carneiro Costa Silva, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

Astrid Gesche, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Beatriz Regina Tavares Franciosi, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

Betty Rose Facer, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA

Bryan Carter, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, USA

Christine Rosalia, New York University, New York, USA

Edemilson Jorge Ramos Brandão, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Euline Schmid, University of Education Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Fabricio Ricardo Lazilha, Centro Universitario de Maringa (CESUMAR), Brazil

Gerson Pastre de Oliveira, Faculdade de Tecnologia de Jundiaí (FATEC), Brazil

Irene Mamakou, University of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Greece

Janae Gonçalves Martins, Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina (SOCIESC), Brazil

Jenifer Prettyman, Matthew Bolton College, Birmingham, UK

Jing Wang, Allegheny College, Meadville, USA

Kevin Wilkinson, Anglia Ruskin University, UK

Lorena Llosa, New York University, New York, USA

Lucia Izabel Czerwonka Sermann, Centro Universitário Franciscano do Paraná (UNIFAE), Curitiba, Brazil

Mahieddine Djoudi, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

Malinee Prapinwong, Indiana University Bloomington, USA

Mar Gutiérrez-Colon, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Italy

Marcus Vinicius Santos Kucharski - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil

Margareth Murphy, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Mauro José Kummer, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil

Renata Chylinski, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

Ria Hanewald, LaTrobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

Robert Zheng, University of Utah, USA

Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil

Sarah Guth, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Snea Thinsan, Indiana University Bloomington, USA

Victoria Russell, The University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

Xiaotian Guo, New Vision Language Centre, Birmingham, UK

Yasunori Nishina, University of Birmingham, UK