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Technology and Second Language Acquistion
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
  • Carol Chapelle, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2007
DOI
10.1017/S0267190508070050
Abstract

Computer technology provides learners with new and varied options for language learning through interactive tasks delivered through CD-ROMs, Web pages, and communications software on the Internet. Researchers need to reconsider any approach to second language acquisition (SLA) concerned with explaining how language development is prompted by exposure to the target language in view of the dramatic differences in language experience learners engage in due to computer technology. Virtually all theories are concerned with the role of linguistic input or the environment (VanPatten & Williams, 2007), and therefore technology needs to be considered.

Comments

This article is from Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 27 (2007): 98, doi:10.1017/S0267190508070050. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
Cambridge University Press
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Carol Chapelle. "Technology and Second Language Acquistion" Annual Review of Applied Linguistics Vol. 27 (2007) p. 98 - 114
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carol_chapelle/5/