Research
The Next Generation: Social Networking and Online Collaboration in Foreign Language Learning
Edited by Lara Lomicka and Gillian Lord
2009 Calico.org
In the introduction to this volume, we provide an overview of Web 2.0--what it is, what tools and applications make up the Web 2.0 world, and where we stand with respect to language teaching and learning. We provide an overview of the chapters that make up the volume and suggest future directions for CALL teachers and researchers interested in expanding the growing body of Web 2.0 research.
Other chapters include: Podcasting for language learning: Re-examining the potential, Social-networking sites in foreign language classes: Opportunities for re-creation, Microblogging on Twitter: Social networking in Intermediate Italian classes, RSS and social personalized start pages: Optimizing e-language learning through content syndication, Collaborative writing in wikis: Insights from culture projects in intermediate German classes, The chatbot as a peer/tool for learners of French, Language learner attitudes toward virtual worlds: An investigation of Second Life, Learner requests in Spanish: Examining the potential of multiuser virtual environments for L2 pragmatic acquisition, plus an annotated bibliography.
Literatura, Política y Sociedad: Construcciones de Sentido en la Hispanoamérica Contemporánea. Homenaje a Andrés Avellaneda
Edited by Alvaro Félix Bolaños, Geraldine Cleary Nichols, Saúl Sosnowski
Pittsburgh, PA: Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana/University of Pittsburgh (Serie Biblioteca de América), 2008
This is a collection of 21 essays by prominent scholars in the area of contemporary Spanish-American literature. Saúl Sosnowski's summary: Para Andrés Avellaneda, la práctica literaria y la práctica política han sido, y siguen siendo, áreas inseparables en el estudio de la cultura letrada latinoamericana. A lo largo de su carrera como crítico y docente, tanto en sus textos como en sus múltiples intervenciones académicas, jamás perdió de vista los conflictos de poder y las condiciones materiales de la región, a la vez que ha sabido manejar los matices que se imponen sutilmente en el análisis literario. Por todo ello, y por tanto más, con este volumen celebramos y agradecemos lo que ya nos ha dado y lo mucho que seguramente aportará en los años venideros.
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