System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics
December 2004 Volume 32, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 6
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What Makes Students Click: Working Memory and Look-Up Behavior
Dorothy M. Chun & J Scott Payne
Previous research on second language acquisition with multimedia has suggested that individual differences, including working memory capacity, play an important role in L2 vocabulary acquisition... More
pp. 481-503
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Promoting Academic Literacy with Technology: Successful Laptop Programs in K-12 Schools
Mark Warschauer, David Grant, Gabriel Del Real & Michele Rousseau
One of the main challenges that US schools face in educating English language learners is developing their academic literacy. This paper presents case studies of two K-12 schools that successfully ... More
pp. 525-537
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Computer-Based Training for Learning English Vowel Contrasts
Xinchun Wang & Murray J. Munro
Computer-based training can be effective in improving second language learners' perceptions and productions of segmental speech contrasts. However, because most previous studies have addressed... More
pp. 539-552
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Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication Captured by Usability Lab Technologies: New Interpretations
Bryan Smith & Greta J. Gorsuch
Research on interaction has provided important insights on how second languages may be acquired through interaction, and on how second language learners use their second language in various... More
pp. 553-575
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Learner Corpus Analysis and the Development of Foreign Language Proficiency
Julie A. Belz
This paper makes a methodological contribution to the emerging field of learner corpus analysis [Granger, S., 1998. Learner English on Computer. Longman, London, 1998; Granger, S., 2002. Computer... More
pp. 577-591
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Technology and Second Language Learning: Expanding Methods and Agendas
Carol A. Chapelle
This paper makes connections between the research reported in this issue the broader area of second language studies focusing on learner language, interaction, individual differences, linguistic... More
pp. 593-601