New Ways of Learning and Teaching: Focus on Technology and Foreign Language Education - Softcover

Judy Muyskens is currently the provost of Nebraska Wesleyan University. Judy Muyskens formerly served as the vice president for academic programs for the Appalachian College Association and had worked at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire for 10 years. Her publications include French language instruction texts and literary anthologies. In addition, she has published a number of articles including such titles as "Universities and Secondary School Articulation" and "French Women in Language Textbooks: The Fiction and the Reality."

1. A Revolution from Above: The Race for Technology in Foreign Languages; Winnifred Adolph and Leona LeBlanc, Florida State University. 2. Using Technology to Disengage from Methodological Dogma; Virginia Scott, Vanderbilt University. 3. Enhancing Foreign Culture Learning through Electronic Discussion; Elizabeth Bernhardt and Michael Kamil, Stanford University. 4. Write to Speak: The Effects of Electronic Communication on the Oral Achievement of Fourth Semester French Students; Margaret Healy Beauvois, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. 5. Technology, Social Interaction, and Foreign Langauge Literacy; Rick Kern, University of California, Berkeley. 6. Remote Access for Foreign or Second Language Acquisition: New Interpretations of Distance Learning; Michael Fast, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 7. Personality and Motivational Factors in Computer-Mediated Foreign Language Communication; Lydie Meunier, University of Tulsa. 8. Preparing to Use Computers for Assessment in Language Programs; R. Alan Meredith, Brigham Young University. 9. Cognition, Context, and Computers: Factors in Effective Foreign Language Learning; Judith Frommer, Harvard University. 10. Beyond the Overhead: Training Graduate Assistants in the Use of Technology; William J. Comer, University of Kansas.