Academic podcasting and mobile assisted language learning applications and outcomes /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Facer, Betty Rose., Abdous, Mohammed.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: Language and languages > Study and teaching > Computer network resources.; Language and languages > Computer-assisted instruction.; Second language acquisition.; Podcasting.; Academic Podcasting Requirements; Effective Language Learning Strategies; Instructional Benefits of Academic Podcasting; Mobile Assisted Language Learning; Podcasting for Language Learning; Restructuring the Foreign Language Classroom; Student and Teacher Attitudes toward Podcasting; Supplementing Podcasts with Visual Content; The Future of Podcasting; Web 2.0 for Second Language Learning and Instruction
• Online Access: Chapter PDFs via platform:
• Physical Description: electronic texts ([195] p.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9781609601430 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Shares innovative and pedagogically effective ways to improve foreign language education by identifying the instructional uses and benefits of academic podcasting technology and MALL in foreign language acquisition. These include instructional uses, students' perceived learning gains, how instructors can use/have used the technology (successes and challenges), study abroad experiences with the technology, pedagogical impact, and economic perspectives on its use.