Preparing Foreign Language Teachers for Next-Generation Education

"This book concerns itself with the integration and study of new technologies in foreign-language education by featuring theoretical and empirical chapters related to the confluence of teacher-education, teacher cognition, and innovative technologies"--

Chin-Hsi Lin is an Assistant Professor in the department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education and Confucius Institute at Michigan State University. His primary research interest is emerging technologies in language education, especially new forms of social media. He investigates the process and outcome of social learning and authentic communications on a social network site developed for language learning.

Dongbo Zhang holds a PhD in Second Language Acquisition from Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Second Language Education in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University where he also coordinates the Chinese Teacher Certification Program and the Graduate Certificate in English Language Learner Education. Dr. Zhang's research interests include second language reading, biliteracy, and language teacher education. His publications have appeared in such journals as Applied Linguistics, Applied Psycholinguistics, Modern Language Journal, Reading and Writing, among others.

Binbin Zheng is an Assistant Professor in the department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education and Confucius Institute at Michigan State University. She received her Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Technology from the University of California, Irvine in 2013. Dr. Zhengs research focuses on new technologies and students language and literacy development, as well as educational program evaluations. She is particularly interested in investigating the effect of social media on at-risk learners language learning.