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Recent Tools for Computer- and Mobile-Assisted Foreign Language Learning, 2020
This chapter offers a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MA... more This chapter offers a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) studies, from the first in 1994 through 2018, relating to the experimental implementation of mobile-based affordances and applications in the teaching and learning of languages, L1 as well as L2. It derives from the analysis of over 2000 MALL studies that have appeared in almost 500 distinct journals and presentations in conferences given by nearly 300 different professional organizations, the great majority of both sources being unrelated to language learning and teaching. It provides background information relating to these studies, documents their profoundly atheoretical nature, details their pedagogical features, and assesses their learning outcome effectiveness.
IALLT Journal of Language Learning Technologies, 2013
2010 Social Applications for Life Long Learning, Nov 1, 2010
Abstract—MobLang is a Lifelong Learning Project to provide learning resources for minority langua... more Abstract—MobLang is a Lifelong Learning Project to provide learning resources for minority languages within certain communities in the EU. It applies Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) to support minority and/or lessfrequently used and less-taught European languages. The aim is to promote intercultural dialogue especially in former European conflict regions or regions with many minority groups through promotion of linguistic diversity. In order to develop mobile language courses that end users are satisfied with ...
Review by Jack Burston, Cyprus University of Technology While the targeted audience of Mark Pegru... more Review by Jack Burston, Cyprus University of Technology While the targeted audience of Mark Pegrum’s Mobile Learning: Languages, Literacies and Cultures is not made explicit, its content is best suited to those endeavoring to understand MALL (Mobile-Assisted Language Learning) within the broader context of mobile learning. In this regard it is much more contemporary than historical, with nearly two thirds of its references dating from the past six years (2008–2013). The work is commendable for the background it provides on mobile learning across a wide instructional spectrum. Of particular note is the attention paid to initiatives in developing countries endeavoring to exploit mobile technologies to remedy high native-language illiteracy rates and overcome the educational disadvantages of women, especially in rural communities. This information is all the more valuable in that it derives mostly from international project reports, which is otherwise largely absent and unobtainable fr...
Linguistics, 1978
Page 1. Linguistics, special issue: 159-172. © Mouton Publishers, 1978. ANOTHER LOOK AT FRENCH PE... more Page 1. Linguistics, special issue: 159-172. © Mouton Publishers, 1978. ANOTHER LOOK AT FRENCH PERSONAL PRONOUNS: A JAKOBSONIAN DISTINCTIVE FEATURE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS JACK L. BURSTON I. INTRODUCTION ...
IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1981
Page 1. BODY PARTS IN FRENCH: THE DETERMINATION OF IDENTITY Jack L. Burston Le present article ex... more Page 1. BODY PARTS IN FRENCH: THE DETERMINATION OF IDENTITY Jack L. Burston Le present article examine et decrit les conditions d'emploi de Tarticle deflni et de Fadjectif possessif respectivement avec reference aux denominations des parties du corps en frangais. ...
IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
Page 1. DEMONSTRATIVE, PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL PRONOUNS IN FRENCH: THE ROLE OF REFERENCE, IDENTIT... more Page 1. DEMONSTRATIVE, PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL PRONOUNS IN FRENCH: THE ROLE OF REFERENCE, IDENTITY AND DEC ALAGE* Jack L. Burston Get article s'occupe de Femploi du pronom demonstratif neutre ...
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Technology
This study set to investigate the critical importance of integrating Student Team Achievement Div... more This study set to investigate the critical importance of integrating Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) and WebQuest, STADIBTM for short, on developing the advanced-level argumentative writing skills of L2 English university students. The study employed a pre-posttest comparison of the experimental group (N=54) versus the control group (N=24). The data from the study have been systematically reanalysed to evaluate in detail how the initial learner proficiency levels correlated with improvements in the specific areas covered by the evaluation rubric that guided the collaborative writing activities of experimental group students.
Recent Tools for Computer- and Mobile-Assisted Foreign Language Learning, 2020
This chapter offers a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MA... more This chapter offers a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) studies, from the first in 1994 through 2018, relating to the experimental implementation of mobile-based affordances and applications in the teaching and learning of languages, L1 as well as L2. It derives from the analysis of over 2000 MALL studies that have appeared in almost 500 distinct journals and presentations in conferences given by nearly 300 different professional organizations, the great majority of both sources being unrelated to language learning and teaching. It provides background information relating to these studies, documents their profoundly atheoretical nature, details their pedagogical features, and assesses their learning outcome effectiveness.
IALLT Journal of Language Learning Technologies, 2013
2010 Social Applications for Life Long Learning, Nov 1, 2010
Abstract—MobLang is a Lifelong Learning Project to provide learning resources for minority langua... more Abstract—MobLang is a Lifelong Learning Project to provide learning resources for minority languages within certain communities in the EU. It applies Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) to support minority and/or lessfrequently used and less-taught European languages. The aim is to promote intercultural dialogue especially in former European conflict regions or regions with many minority groups through promotion of linguistic diversity. In order to develop mobile language courses that end users are satisfied with ...
Review by Jack Burston, Cyprus University of Technology While the targeted audience of Mark Pegru... more Review by Jack Burston, Cyprus University of Technology While the targeted audience of Mark Pegrum’s Mobile Learning: Languages, Literacies and Cultures is not made explicit, its content is best suited to those endeavoring to understand MALL (Mobile-Assisted Language Learning) within the broader context of mobile learning. In this regard it is much more contemporary than historical, with nearly two thirds of its references dating from the past six years (2008–2013). The work is commendable for the background it provides on mobile learning across a wide instructional spectrum. Of particular note is the attention paid to initiatives in developing countries endeavoring to exploit mobile technologies to remedy high native-language illiteracy rates and overcome the educational disadvantages of women, especially in rural communities. This information is all the more valuable in that it derives mostly from international project reports, which is otherwise largely absent and unobtainable fr...
Linguistics, 1978
Page 1. Linguistics, special issue: 159-172. © Mouton Publishers, 1978. ANOTHER LOOK AT FRENCH PE... more Page 1. Linguistics, special issue: 159-172. © Mouton Publishers, 1978. ANOTHER LOOK AT FRENCH PERSONAL PRONOUNS: A JAKOBSONIAN DISTINCTIVE FEATURE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS JACK L. BURSTON I. INTRODUCTION ...
IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1981
Page 1. BODY PARTS IN FRENCH: THE DETERMINATION OF IDENTITY Jack L. Burston Le present article ex... more Page 1. BODY PARTS IN FRENCH: THE DETERMINATION OF IDENTITY Jack L. Burston Le present article examine et decrit les conditions d'emploi de Tarticle deflni et de Fadjectif possessif respectivement avec reference aux denominations des parties du corps en frangais. ...
IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
Page 1. DEMONSTRATIVE, PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL PRONOUNS IN FRENCH: THE ROLE OF REFERENCE, IDENTIT... more Page 1. DEMONSTRATIVE, PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL PRONOUNS IN FRENCH: THE ROLE OF REFERENCE, IDENTITY AND DEC ALAGE* Jack L. Burston Get article s'occupe de Femploi du pronom demonstratif neutre ...
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Technology
This study set to investigate the critical importance of integrating Student Team Achievement Div... more This study set to investigate the critical importance of integrating Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) and WebQuest, STADIBTM for short, on developing the advanced-level argumentative writing skills of L2 English university students. The study employed a pre-posttest comparison of the experimental group (N=54) versus the control group (N=24). The data from the study have been systematically reanalysed to evaluate in detail how the initial learner proficiency levels correlated with improvements in the specific areas covered by the evaluation rubric that guided the collaborative writing activities of experimental group students.