©1990 Athelstan
Mary-Louise Craven, Dana Paramskas, Roberta Sinyor, eds.
With contributions by the editors and over fifty other authors, such
as John Esling, John and Muriel Higgins, and Glyn Holmes, CALL:
Papers and Reports is a valuable resource for language teachers who
wish to incorporate the computer into the L2 currriculum and those "users"
who seek new ideas and methods of adopting the computer for L2 teaching/learning
purposes. The papers, contributions which grew out of the First Canadian
Conference on CALL, held in 1989, cover several topics of interest, including:
authoring systems; preliminary research in CALL applications; expert systems;
videodisc; pronunciation; machine translation applications to CALL; hypertext;
writing applications; artificial intelligence and parses; and software to
develop linguistic and communicative competence. (PB)
Order Number: 753014 $14.95
©1991 Athelstan
Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
Written for those teacher/administrators whose departments are planning
to acquire a "computer lab" for their language classes, this booklet
is invaluable for sorting through the almost endless string of logistical
and technological choices. How to Set Up a Computer Lab is ideal
for those who have been thrust into the uncomfortable position of having
to make many decisions without really knowing all the facts or even most
of the possibilities, for Hanson-Smith explains, in straightforward and
non-technical language, some of those facts and possibilities: what teachers
have done with computer labs, what difficulties they have overcome in order
to create the kind of lab they feel comfortable in, and what one might do
ideally, given a modest budget, a modest-sized room, and a moderately enthusiastic
staff. (PB)
Order Number: callpm3 $ 3.95
©1989 Athelstan
Laura M. Perez and Macey B. Taylor
Something to Do on Monday is invaluable for the language
teacher, both as a collection of specific lesson plans and as a source of
stimulating ideas on the use of computers in the language classroom. It
gives teachers a nuts-and-bolts introduction to computer-assisted language
learning (CALL) and provides them with successful lesson plans to help them
structure their language classes. In addition, Something to Do on Monday
shows in practical terms how computers can be used within a communicative
approach to language teaching, and helps teachers to think creatively about
new ways in which computers can contribute to the success of language classes.
A distillation of part of the material used in Macey Taylor's and Laura
Perez's own language classes and in the lectures and workshops that they
have given for language teachers in the United States and around the world,
Something to Do on Monday brings Taylor's and Perez's expertise into
the classroom, with their best tried-and-trusted plans and innumerable stimulating
suggestions. (PB)
Order Number: 753006 $19.95
©1995 Athelstan
Deborah Healey
Deborah Healey's Something to Do on Tuesday provides a comprehensive
overview of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) programs for Macintosh
and IBM-compatible computers, and practical step-by-step instructions for
how to use them in the classroom. The book is designed for both the busy
teacher wishing to become quickly familiar with this exciting and engaging
classroom tool, and the more experienced CALLer looking for some new ideas.
A companion to Something to Do on Monday, Something to Do on Tuesday
introduces more Macintosh and MS-DOS (IBM and compatible) programs, in addition
to CD-ROM and other multimedia applications. (PB)
Order Number: 753022 $24.95
This 50-page publication is an excellent desk reference for educators
and administrators. The first part of the yearbook contains a listing of
130 vendors and organizations under headings such as "Instructional
Software," "Video/Film," "Videodisc,"
"CD-ROMs," "Language Labs," etc. An organization
index and product index are also included. The second part of the TALL
Yearbook contains an indexed list of articles on technology and language
learning that were published in 1993. (PB)
Order Number: TALL6 $ 3.75
[Previous editions (1989 - 1993) of the TALL Yearbook (vols. 1 -
5) are also available:
Any one volume: TALL1 - TALL5 $ 3.75
Any two volumes (please specifiy) TALLx2 $ 6.50
Any three volumes (please specify) TALLx3 $ 8.50
Any four volumes (please specify) TALLx4 $10.50
Volumes 1 - 5: TALLx5 $12.50]
©1991, Oxford University Press
Richard Cooper, Mike Lavery, and Mario Rinvolucri
Video is part of the Oxford English Resource Books for Teachers
series, edited by Alan Maley. This series gives the classroom teacher a
guide to the practice of key aspects of language teaching, and considers
some of the underlying concepts. In each book, an introduction presenting
important current issues in the area under consideration is followed by
examples and discussion of actual classroom materials and techniques. Video
differs radically from other books on the subject in that it includes activities
in which students control the interaction between the camera and the scene
being portrayed, and others which make use of commercially available videos.
Much of the real language work comes in the process of discussing, brainstorming,
planning, videoing, reformulating, and trying again. A wide range of communicative
activities provides the students with tasks involving the language of perception,
observation, opinion, and argumentation. (PB)
Order Number: 371026 $14.25
©1987 Athelstan
Michael Barlow
Developed at Stanford University to teach incoming foreign graduate students
about the academic uses of computers on today's campuses, Working with
Computers is the first guide to computers designed especially
for foreign students studying at American and British universities. This
book guides the student step-by-step through the major uses of computers
in today's universities, including: writing, editing, and polishing a paper;
using data bases to organize research information; tapping on-line library
resources; using electronic mail and other computer communications; using
advanced editing and formatting techniques. Both microcomputers and time-sharing
systems are covered. Fully illustrated, with an extensive glossary and complete
index, Working with Computers can be used as a class text for advanced
ESL students or as a resource for teachers. While this book is designed
with foreign students in mind, it can be used by any teacher or student
interested in finding out how computers can enhance their academic research
and writing. The appendices cover DOS, Macintosh, and UNIX.
Order Numbers:
paperback 753081 $15.95
hardcover 753073 $23.95
