ISBN: 9780940753303

Teaching and Learning in Real Time: Media, Technologies and Language Acquisition. Second Edition. This useful book by Carla Meskill explores technology use for second language learners, focussing on sociocognitive development, media awareness, second language acquisition strategies, and interpersonal interactions. Topics include:

• Instructional Media & Technology and Language Learning
• The Media as a Second Language
• Principled Uses of Media and Technology The Aural: Talking About, Around & Through Audio Technologies
• Video: the What, the Why, the How
• Computers in Language Learning: From Constructed to Constructing
• Computer Communication Tools
• Multimedia: Spaces, Performances, and Characters
• Electronic Literacy as a Second Language

Carla Meskill is Professor of Educational Theory and Practice at the University of Albany, New York.

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