role models to encourage other women to join these typically non-traditional female fields of work and study. This book … provides a collection of recent high-quality empirical studies related to the education and careers of women in engineering …, science and technology disciplines, with cases on innovative approaches to attracting and supporting women in training courses …

women remain underrepresented in this industry"--Provided by publisher. … women game developers -- Issues career women face -- Reflections for the future -- Final thoughts and concluding comments …

This book covers the interactions between human language and communication technologies. Containing extensive research …-conditioned Language and Literacy Change -- 5. Insights from MSN Corpus -- 6. Insights from Mobile Phone Communication -- 7. The Grammar of … Mobile Phone Written Language -- 8. New Forms of Reading and Writing: Cell Phone Novels -- 9. New languages, New Literacies …

Language learning is one of the most rapidly changing disciplines. Along with changing perspectives in learning in the … field of Second Language Acquisition, information communication technology (ICT) has also created many learning paths to … assist the process of learning a second language (L2). In such an ever-evolving environment, teachers, researchers, and …

approaches to promote students' language and communicative skills. This handbook contributes over 50 authoritative research … Virtual Learning Environments / Mar Gutiérrez-Colon Plana -- Social Software and Language Acquisition / Sarah Guth, Corrado … Petrucco -- The Usefulness of Second Life for Language Learning / Bryan Carter, Dayton Elseth -- Project-Based Instruction for …

Section 1. Network Communities and Second Language Learning -- 1. Criteria for the Implementation of Learning … Technologies -- 2. Communicative Networking and Linguistic Mashups on Web 2.0 -- 3. Output-Oriented Language Learning With Digital … Media -- 4. Infoxication 2.0 -- 5. The Role of Community Formation in Learning Processes -- 6. Skype-Based Tandem Language …

This book offers an authoritative reference to the current progress of language and cultural e-learning, covering … topics such as second language learning and computer learning principles. …An Intelligent Web-Based Human-Computer Interaction System with Natural Language CSIEC and its Integration into English …

Challenges in Virtual Workspaces / B. Olaniran -- The language of leaders / S. Simoff, F. Sudweeks -- Researching Online …

In the field of computer aided language learning (CALL), there is a need for emphasizing the importance of the user …Developing Enjoyable Second Language Learning Software Tools: A Computer Game Paradigm / Chee Siang Ang, Panayiotis … Zaphiris -- Culture-Based Language Learning Objects: A CALL Approach for a Ubiquitous World / Niki Lambropoulos, Martha …

Paviour-Smith -- The Dynamics of Language Mixing in Nigerian Digital Communication / Rotimi Taiwo -- Intertextuality and … in order to investigate the language system / Elke Hentschel -- Computational and Engineering Issues in Human Computer … -- Attitudes to Online Reading and Web-Based Instructions in Developing Societies / Olushola Are -- Second Language Writing …