Abstract: Essays on computer-assisted language learning (CALL) include: "Computer- Enhanced Language Learning Environments" (Joy Egbert, Chin-chi Chao, Elizabeth Hanson-Smith); "Theory and Research Interaction via Computers" (Joy Kreeft Peyton); "Classroom Practice: Creating Interactive CALL Activities" (Joy Egbert); "CALL Issues: Building a Computer-Enhanced Language Classroom" (Shayla Sivert, Joy Egbert); "Theory and Research: Audience, Language Use, and Language Learning" (Bill Johnston); "Classroom Practice: An Introduction to E-Mail and World Wide Web Projects" (Susan Gaer); "Classroom Practice: Authentic Audience on the Internet" (Leslie Opp- Beckman); "Theory and Research: Investigation of 'Authentic' Language Learning Tasks" (Carol A. Chapelle); "Classroom Practice: Communicative Skill-Building Tasks in CALL Environments" (Deborah Healey); "Classroom Practice: Content-Area Tasks in CALL Environments" (Elizabeth Hanson- Smith); "CALL Issues: Instructional Aspects of Software Evaluation" (Claire Bradin); "Theory and Research: Input, Interaction, and CALL" (Lloyd Holliday); "Classroom Practice: Using Multimedia for Input and Interaction in CALL Environments" (Elizabeth Hanson-Smith); "CALL Issues: Resources for CALL" (Jim Buell); "Theory and Research: New Emphases of Assessment in the Language Learning Classroom" (Chin-chi Chao); "Classroom Practice: Practical Assessments in the CALL Classroom" (Joy Egbert); "CALL Issues: Setting Policy for the Evaluation of the CALL Environment" (Ana Bishop); "Theory and Research: Learning Styles, Motivation, and the CALL Classroom" (Keng-Soon Soo); "Classroom Practice: Enhancing and Extending Learning Styles Through Computers" (Karen Yeok-Hwa Ngeow); "CALL Issues: Multicultural Considerations in a CALL Environment" (Ana Bishop); "Theory and Research: Classroom Atmosphere" (Bill Johnston); "Classroom Practice: MOO, WOO, and More--Language Learning in Virtual Environments" (Lonnie Turbee); "CALL Issues: Introducing Students to Computers" (Sheryl Beller- Kenner); "Theory and Research: Autonomy and Language Learning" (Deborah Healey); "Classroom Practice: Autonomy Through Authoring Software" (Robert Wachtman); "CALL Issues: Language Learning Over Distance" (Ruth Vilmi); CALL Issues: Designing CALL Software" (Elizabeth Boling, Keng-Soon Soo); and "20 Minutes into the Future" (Carla Meskill). (MSE)

Title: CALL Environments: Research, Practice, and Critical Issues.
Author: Egbert, Joy, Ed.; Hanson-Smith, Elizabeth, Ed.
Note: TESOL, 9 Jay Gould Ct., Waldorf, MD 20602.
Publication Year: 1999
Document Type: Book (010); Collected Works--general (020)
Target Audience: Practitioners and Teachers
ERIC Identifier: ED431316
Clearinghouse Identifier: FL025862
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Descriptors: Class Activities; Classroom Environment; Classroom Techniques; Cognitive Style; Communicative Competence [Languages]; * Computer Assisted Instruction; * Computer Software Development; Computer Software Evaluation; Cultural Pluralism; Distance Education; Diversity [Student]; Educational Policy; Educational Research; Electronic Mail; Elementary Secondary Education; * English [Second Language]; Higher Education; Language Patterns; Language Research; Language Usage; Learning Motivation; Multimedia Instruction; * Online Systems; Personal Autonomy; Policy Formation; Programming; Second Language Instruction; * Second Languages; Student Evaluation; Student Needs; Theory Practice Relationship; World Wide Web

Identifiers: *Computer Assisted Language Learning; Content Area Teaching