Technology-Enhanced Language Learning and Teaching

Following is a list of technologies for language teaching and learning.
Game

There are two types of games, those that are particularly developed for learning purposes and those that are designed purely for entertainment. They are often referred to as serious games or instructional games. Serious games are characterized by a combination of consistent, serious aspects and playful elements of a video game. Teachers can arrange games into learning activities and present learning contents on the game platform. Students are also allowed to practice language by playing games after class. It is found that with the help of serious game, learners learned more for less time and had better learning effectiveness than those who did not use games. Games were applied for developing different language skills, e.g., vocabulary learning, pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.

Corpus

Corpus is recognized as powerful technology in language learning, because of its wide range of lexicographic resources. Corpus is a collection of speeches, conversations, writings, etc., that students use to study and describe a language. For example, the London-Lund corpus consists of about 435,000 spoken British English words. It also contains 5000-word samples that adult, educated, professional people use in their daily life, including telephone and face-to-face conversations, discussions, lectures, and radio commentaries. Studies have shown that the use of corpora was useful in developing student collocational competence and raising their awareness of habitual collocational use. However, it was reported that students sometimes struggled with the interface and query syntax, they conducted inappropriate searches and misinterpreted data.