Language, Culture and Information Technology

　　Product Description

　　Section I：Cross-Cultural Distance Learning

　　1. Networked English Language Learning from English Tutorials to Cyber Interactions at Waseda University

　　2. Promoting Networking among Asian Students in the ELF Context：A Questionnaire Survey of Japanese University Students in the Cross-Cultural Distance Learning (CCDL) Program

　　3. Impacts of Cross-Cultural Communication：Changes in Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions of Taiwanese University Students

　　4. Waseda University’s Cross-Cultural Distance Learning Program：A Teacher’s Discussion of CCDL

　　Section II：Technology in Teaching

　　5. A Task-Based Approach to Preparing EFL Students for the Use of Web Resources in Language Learning

　　6. An Introduction to Technology Used in International Distance Learning Courses at Tamkang University

　　7. Bridging the Gap Between Second Language Acquisition Research and the Development of Automated Scoring System for Second Language Speech

　　Section III：Second Language Acquisition

　　8. Writer’s Decision-Making Process and Revision Behaviors in L2 Peer Review

　　9. The Role of Metacognitive Knowledge Concerning Strategy Use in First and Foreign Language Reading Comprehension：An Investigation of Taiwanese Adolescent Readers of Chinese and English

作者簡介

　　Robin Chen-Hsing Tsai received his PhD from National Taiwan University. Currently he is Chair and Professor of the English Department at Tamkang University. His areas of specialization include Eco criticism, climate change fiction, and environmental science fiction. His recent publications include Gary Snyder, Nature, and Ecological Communication(2010), “(Post)Modernity in the Penal Colony：Richard Flanagan’s Gould’s Book of Fish”(2011),“Memory in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake”(2012), “Climate Change, Nature and Ecological Communication in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Science in the Capital Trilogy”(2012), and an edited book entitled Introduction to Eco Literature(2013).

　　Guy Redmer is a lecturer in the Department of English at Tamkan University. Initially teaching in America before moving to Taiwan, he has been teaching English as a second language for more than 17 years. He has published a number of books for English learners, including Passport：Essential reading and listening skills, Read & Discover：Clues from Nature, Read & Discover：The Rescue, Get the Point, Vocabulary & Reading：New TOEIC, Workplace English, and All in One：English for Global Communication. He has also edited numerous books and journal articles. In addition, he has presented several workshops and seminars for English teachers, in Taiwan. Currently, his research focus is on reading in a second language and learner-centered teaching techniques.
 

Robin Chen-Hsing Tsai
Guy Redmer

Section I：Cross-Culture Distance Learning
Michiko Nakano │1.Networked English Language Learning from English Tutorials to Cyber Interaction at Waseda University
Kazuharu Owada/
Satoshi Yoshida/
Michiko Nakano │2. Promoting Networking among Asian Students in the ELF Context：A Questionnaire Survey of Japanese University Students in the Cross-Cultural Distance Learning (CCDL) Program
Yi-Ti Lin │3. Impacts of Cross-Cultural Communication：Changes in Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions of Taiwanese University Students
Iain Brown │4. Waseda University’s Cross-Cultural Distance Learning Program：A Teacher’s Discussion of CCDL

Section II：Technology in Teaching
Jui-min Tsai │5. A Task-Based Approach to Preparing EFL Students for the Use of Web Resources in Language Learning
Yi-Ju Ada Chen │6.An Introduction to Technology Used in International Distance Learning Courses at Tamkang University
Yusuke Kondo/
Yutaka Ishii │7. Bridging the Gap Between Second Language Acquisition Research and the Development of Automated Scoring System for Second Language Speech

Section III：Second Language Acquisition
Carrie Yea-huey Chang │8. Writer’s Decision-Making Process and Revision Behaviors in L2 Peer Review
Jia-ling Charlene Yau │9. The Role of Metacognitive Knowledge Concerning Strategy Use in First and Foreign Language Reading Comprehension：An Investigation of Taiwanese Adolescent Readers of Chinese and English

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