Computer Games and Language Learning Hardcover

India

Mark Peterson

Language educators are increasingly taking advantage of developments in technology to explore the use of computer games. This book investigates this phenomenon and examines the relationship between technological innovation and development in the field of computer-assisted language learning. Exploring relevant theories and rationales, the discussion provides one of the first critical analyses of both early and contemporary research, including a recent case study conducted in Japan. This book supplies a comprehensive and accessible overview, meeting the needs of language educators, researchers, and students.

1137005165

9781137005168

English

Palgrave MacMillan

21 Aug 2013

This is a major contribution to Mexican film studies. Going well beyond the study of films by internationally recognized auteurs, Misha MacLaird provides us with an indispensable road map to navigate through the discourses of crisis and renaissance that hover over contemporary Mexican cinema. She applies wit and intelligence as well as over 15 years of fieldwork to bear on her study of this critical moment in Mexico's political and cinematic culture. - Sergio de la Mora, University of California, Davis, USA, author of Cinemachismo "Aesthetics and Politics in the Mexican Film Industry draws on Misha MacLaird's extensive knowledge and first-hand research to make a compelling argument for thinking about recent Mexican cinema and its aesthetic and narrative elements including successes like Amores perros, Y tu mama tambien, and El crimen del Padre Amaro as the product of profound political and economic changes. Through analysis of formal elements, industry practices, and legislation, MacLaird skillfully examines the ways in which cultural policy, censorship and the inequities of trade liberalization in Mexico and the rest of the Americas have shaped Mexico's film industry and film texts at the turn of the twenty first century. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Mexican cinema." - Dolores Tierney, University of Sussex, UK, author of Emilio Fernandez: Pictures in the Margins "Misha Maclaird discusses Mexican national cinema in terms of cultural policy, wider public policy, foreign policy, and meaning. Elegant and purposeful, this is an important book, not only for the study of Latin American and especially Mexican film but for the entire discipline of cinema studies." - Toby Miller, University of California, Riverside, USA

The increasing use of computer games represents a highly significant development in computer-assisted language learning. Computer Games and Language Learning is an essential text for researchers, educators, students, and all those who are interested in understanding how technology can support language learning.' - Jozef Colpaert, Director, The Institute for Language and Culture, The University of Antwerp, Belgium #Null# 167 #Null# #Null# #Null# #Null# #Null# #Null# #Null# #Null# N21106024A books SG_9781137005632_PR 9781137005632 9781137005632 9781137005632 SG_9781137005632_PR Room For Development Business, Finance & Law Economics/Economic Conditions Paperback English India 1137005637 Housing Markets In Latin America And The Caribbean Palgrave MacMillan 14 May 2012 Cesar Patricio Bouillon Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and have very high home ownership rates. 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