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DEVELOPING MEDIA LITERACY IN THE SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM, Paul Gruba

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2007

Seongmee Ahn
Seongmee Ahn
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Michigan State University
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DEVELOPING MEDIA LITERACY IN THE SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM.Paul Gruba. Sydney, NSW: Macquarie University, 2005. Pp. vi + 64. $49.95 paper.

This volume, part of the “Teaching with New Technology” series, aims to provide teachers with practical techniques and lesson plans that employ computer-based technologies in second language (L2) classrooms. The volume helps promote teaching and the development of media literacy utilizing digitized video clips, and it provides access to both practical and research-based approaches. The author presents pertinent research summaries and issues in order to help teachers understand the theoretical bases behind various teaching techniques and eventually allow them to conduct action research in their own classrooms.

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BOOK REVIEWS
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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , December 2007 , pp. 617 - 618
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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Gruba, P. (2004). Understanding digitised second language videotext. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 17, 51–82.CrossRefGoogle Scholar