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Autor/in | Godwin-Jones, Robert |
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Titel | In a World of SMART Technology, Why Learn Another Language? |
Quelle | In: Educational Technology & Society, 22 (2019) 2, S.4-13 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1436-4522 |
Schlagwörter | Artificial Intelligence; Computer Assisted Instruction; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Blended Learning; Conventional Instruction; Informal Education; Man Machine Systems; Audiovisual Aids; Internet; Video Technology; Social Media; Games |
Abstract | The rapid developments today in artificial intelligence (AI), supported by massive language data collection, are resulting in ever better digital language assistance/translation. Advances in the capabilities of intelligent services lead naturally to envisioning a future where there might be a quite different context for second language (L2) use and therefore for second language acquisition (SLA). A central aspect of that future will be the respective contributions of formal, institutional language learning and informal, largely autonomous language development. While a number of future scenarios can be imagined, I will be arguing here in favor of a framework of "structured unpredictability" (Little & Thorne, 2017) as the optimal future pathway for L2 development, with the guidance and self-reflective possibilities of formal instruction (face-to-face or online) combined with the cultural and pragmatic learning available from online encounters and exchanges. In such a vision, SMART tech (intelligent, networked devices operating autonomously and synching continuously) will enhance individual learning but is not likely to replace the essentially human character of person-to-person communication. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |