Special issue of GLoCALL 2010 conference papers: specific applications of technology in second/foreign language educational settings

摘要

This special issue comprises articles selected from the GLoCALL 2010 conference which was jointly organised by the PacCALL and APACALL organisations, together with its local organiser, Universiti Sabah Malaysis from 1 to 3 December 2010 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. GLoCALL have been organising a yearly conference since 2005 to share knowledge, research and experiences in the field of CALL with various parts of the Asia Pacific region. Participation in the 2010 conference was the highest in the series of conferences and the number of papers submitted for the two special issues (to be published by Computer Assisted Language Learning and the International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching) were encouraging. Altogether over 35 papers were submitted but after the review process the number was reduced to eight papers for each issue and this was further narrowed to only four papers for each special issue. For this issue, Siew Ming Thang from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Peter Gobel from Kyoto Sangyo University present four articles that investigate the use of multimedia and technology in second/foreign language educational contexts. It is primarily concerned with the specific applications of technology in the teaching and evaluation of language skills through various modes of communication.