Technology-Infused French: Foreign-Language Instruction for the Digital Age - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564842827 ISBN 13: 9781564842824

Publisher: Intl Society for Technology in educ, 2011

Synopsis

Language students learn best when given the opportunity to communicate meaningful content in realistic settings. Providing those realistic contexts hasn’t always been easy, but—as this book emphatically demonstrates— technology can help. Technology breaks through the constraints of the classroom and offers language students authentic, individualized interac­tions with members of the French language community. Technology gives students access to French language websites, news outlets, video, and other real-world language resources. Technology provides precisely the kind of meaningful interactions and rich experiences that lead to the biggest gains in proficiency.

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Review

'An excellent resource for language teachers and teacher educators interested in experiencing how today's technological advances encourage and support teachers, along with their students, to enhance language learning in and outside of the classroom. Specifically, guidelines are provided for integrating technology in the language classroom, ideas are shared on integrating technology standards and foreign language standards as well as the role technology plays in performance assessment. This publication captures what language educators are looking for in well-defined chapters encouraging new ways to infuse technology to enrich teaching and learning. Readers will be especially interested in learning how various technology tools are used to support student performance assessment.'' - --Elizabeth Hoffman, Past President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Edition details

• Publisher: Intl Society for Technology in educ
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1564842827
• ISBN 13: 9781564842824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: Falsgraf Carl