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Computer‐Assisted Classroom Discussion in the Foreign Language Classroom: Conversation in Slow Motion
Author(s) -
Beauvois Margaret Healy
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1992.tb01128.x
Subject(s) - conversation , portuguese , foreign language , computer science , motion (physics) , mathematics education , computer mediated communication , computer assisted instruction , pedagogy , linguistics , multimedia , psychology , world wide web , communication , artificial intelligence , the internet , philosophy
This article explores an innovative use of computer‐assisted language learning (CALL) in the form of a computer network used for real‐time, synchronous discussion in intermediate Portuguese and elementary French classes. Of special interest to the author are the communicative opportunities offered by a local area network (LAN) in the teaching of foreign languages. She describes how computer‐assisted classroom discussion (CACD) provides a unique environment for student‐student and student‐teacher interaction in an experimental networked laboratory established by the English Department at the University of Texas, Austin.