Innovations and Applications of Technology in Language Education (Advances in Computational Collective Intelligence)

The linguistics and language education world has recently experienced a rapidly proliferating interest in applying technology.This interdisciplinary area bridges the gap between two previously separate fields. Innovations and Applications of Technology in Language Education is a collection of 12 chapters by an international group of language and linguistics education experts.Although technology in language education is a global interest, its practices should be contextualized.This book covers how language educational technology is currently applied, discusses how it should be applied, and gives directions for its future development. Providing a critical review of respective current practices and perspectives, this book begins by presenting a set of research-based principles for developing second language teachers’ professionalism.It then examines the use of technology to enhance students’ English language skills.Acknowledging the advantages and disadvantages of AI-mediated communicatio