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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Cycles of Innovation in the Adoption of Information Technology: A View for Language Teaching
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Pennington, Martha C. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2004
A framework for viewing developments in information technology [IT] is presented as an elaborated model of the adoption of innovations, with implications for language teaching. The model is loosely based on that of Rogers (1995), but involves three successive phases of "innovation-adoption". The model provides a context for a discussion of CALL…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Information Technology
Computer-Aided Pronunciation Pedagogy: Promise, Limitations, Directions.
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Pennington, Martha C. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1999
An overview is presented of the promise and limitations of working on the computer to improve pronunciation in a second language. It is maintained that the considerable promise of the computer as an instructional tool for developing language learners' pronunciation has yet to be realized in practice. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction
Writing the Natural Way: On Computers.
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Pennington, Martha C. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
Presents a model of a computer writing skill consisting of four stages of development: (1) writing easier; (2) writing more; (3) writing differently; and (4) writing better. This process represents the evolution of a natural computer-based writing approach under favorable conditions regarding the starting state of the user and a range of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Cognitive Development, College Students
The Computer vs. the Pen: A Comparative Study of Word Processing in a Hong Kong Secondary Classroom.
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Lam, F. S.; Pennington, Martha C. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1995
The English compositions of two groups of Hong Kong secondary school students learning English as a Second Language were compared. Results found that students who used computer word processors, on the whole, wrote better compositions than students who used pen and paper. (46 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries