Computer Applications to Second Language Acquisition
Description:
This thesis is intended to give a panorama of technology in foreign language pedagogy. Although my field of study is French, the computer applications under scrutiny do not relate solely to the teaching of French. This paper begins with a criticism of the rigid listen-and-repeat language laboratory concept while tracking the rise of communicative language learning theory; follows the microprocessor revolution in language consoles; documents the development of computer-assisted instruction; show…
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Date:
May 1991
Creator:
Guillory, Helen E. (Helen Elizabeth)
Partner:
UNT Libraries