ISBN: 0940753170 This book by Carla Meskill explores technology use for second language learners, focussing on sociocognitive development, media awareness, second language acquisition strategies, and interpersonal interactions. Chapters include The Media as a Second Language, Principled Uses of Media and Technologies. Video: The What, the Why, the How. Multimedia Spaces, Performances and Characters. 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 Associate Professor of Educational Theory and Practice at the University of Albany, New York.