Task-based language learning in a real-world digital environment : the European digital kitchen / edited by Paul Seedhouse
- Published
- London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
- Physical Description
- xv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Seedhouse, Paul
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Background -- 1.Introduction Paul Seedhouse -- 2.Locating the European Digital Kitchen in Its Research Context Sandra Morales -- pt. 2 Design -- 3.The Pedagogical Design of the Digital Kitchen Paul Seedhouse -- 4.The Technology behind the European Digital Kitchen for Language Learning Paul Seedhouse -- 5.The Human Viewpoint and the Systems Viewpoint Natacha Niemants and Gabriele Pallotti -- pt. 3 Implementation -- 6.Assessing and Promoting Language Development in an Interactive Learning Environment Jana Roos, Nina Reshoft, Lea Hartung and Johanna Bußwinkel -- 7.Cooking, Interaction and Learning: The Finnish Digital Kitchen as a Language Learning Environment Salla Kurhila and Lari Kotilainen -- 8.`The More I Cook, the More I Learn': Tracing Ava's Learning Itinerary through Her Participation in Four Cooking Sessions Dolors Masats, Marta Juanhuix and Javier Albines -- 9.Vocabulary Learning in a Real-World Digital Environment Gabriele Pallotti, Natacha Niemants and Paul Seedhouse -- 10.Sight and Touch in Vocabulary Learning: The Korean Digital Kitchen Jaeuk Park and Paul Seedhouse -- pt. 4 Conclusions -- 11.Conclusions and Future Developments Paul Seedhouse.
- Summary
- How can you use the latest digital technology to create an environment in which people can learn European languages while performing a meaningful real-world task and experiencing the cultural aspect of learning to cook European dishes? This book explains how to do this from A to Z, covering how a real-world, immersive digital environment for language learning was designed and built, as well as showing the learning experiences of users in five European countries. The project makes language learning motivational and fun by tapping into people's interest in both cooking and technology - you can learn a language while cooking and interacting with a speaking digital kitchen. The kitchens provide spoken instructions in the foreign language on how to prepare European cuisine. Digital sensors are inserted in or attached to all the kitchen equipment and ingredients, so the digital kitchen detects what learners are doing and gives them feedback. Learners are also able to communicate with the kitchens and can ask for help via photos and videos if they don't understand any foreign language words. Written by experts in computing and linguistics, the book explains the principles and procedures involved, enabling others to design and implement a real-world digital learning environment in the same way. It includes numerous photographs of the system in use and evidence of how and what 250 users actually learnt.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781474264075 hardback
1474264077 hardback - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the The Hastings Libraries Endowment; 2016
- Endowment Note
- The Hastings Libraries Endowment
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