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Survival or Fluency? A General Discussion on the Application of Technology to the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2011

David Walls
Affiliation:
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Extract

The issues relating to the application of technology to the teaching and learning of modern languages are far from simple. Such a wide range of disparate disciplines is involved that appropriate and effective solutions can only result from a cohesive integration of the diverse skills, expertise and experience that they encompass.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1992

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