Multimedia CALL: Theory and Practice

by Keith Cameron (Editor)

This collection of essays, given at Exeter at the seventh biennial international CALL Conference in 1997, presents a timely contribution to current research on the use and development of Multimedia in Computer-Assisted Language Learning. The papers are essential reading for all those who wish to keep abreast of the 'state-of-the-art' and who seek ideas for new avenues of research. Essays History & Aesthetics of Screen Design A New Consensus for the 1990s Multimedia & the Transformation of HE in South Africa Speech in EFL CALL An Intermedia Approach to CALL Basic Concepts of Multimedia-Databased CALL & Implementation Multimedia & Natural Language Processing An Intuitive, Theoretical & Empirical Perspective on the effectiveness Q-uestion for Multimedia. Multimedia & Vocabulary Learning Rethinking Hypermedia for the Creative Writer The Place & Role of Correction Adaptation of Video-Based Language Learning Materials for the World Wide Web Multimedia-Databased Interactive Practice for L2 Listening Comprehension Adapting Human Tutorial Interventions for a Reading Tutor That Listens

307 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998