Bax, S. 2010. ‘Magic wand or museum piece? The future of the interactive whiteboard in education’ in Interactive Whiteboards for Education: Theory, Research and Practice. Pennsylvania: IGI Global
      Book editor(s): Thomas, M. and E. Cutrim Schmid.
      ISBN: 978-1615207152
      Entered by: University of Bedfordshire (Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment)
      Motteram, G. and M. Thomas. 2010. ‘Future directions in TBLT and Technology’ in Task-Based Language Teaching and Technology. London & New York: Continuum
      Book editor(s): Thomas, M. and H. Reinders.
      ISBN: 978-1441101532
      Summary: Looks at the future for the theoretical perspectives of Task-Based Learning in relation to technology in language classes.
      Country of research: various
      Learners' background: various
      Entered by: University of Manchester (School of Education)
      Salamoura, A. and N. Saville. 2010. ‘Exemplifying the CEFR: criterial features of written learner English from the English Profile Programme’ in Communicative Proficiency and Linguistic Development: Intersections between SLA and Language Testing Research. eurosla.org: Eurosla, pp. 101-132
      Book editor(s): Bartning, I., M. Martin and I. Vedder.
      URL: http://eurosla.org/monographs/EM01/101-132Salamoura_Saville.pdf
      ISBN: 9781446669938
      Summary: This chapter summarises work and outcomes to date from one of the English Profile strands which focuses on corpus linguistics, second language acquisition, psycholinguistics and computational linguistics.
      Country of research: various
      Learners' background: various
      Entered by: University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
      Huang, C.-R., W. Cheng, H. Cheung, Y. Harada, H. Hong, S. Skoufaki and H.K.Y. Chen. 2010. ‘English learner corpus: global perspectives with an Asian focus’ in A New Look at Language Teaching and Testing: English as Subject and Vehicle. Taipei: Language Training and Testing Center, pp. 85-117
      Book editor(s): Kao, T.-E. and Y. Lin.
      ISBN: 9-789572-876428
      Summary: This paper provides a survey of the current state of second language learner corpora in East Asia. Four types of learner corpus from four regions in East Asia are introduced together with details on the design and compilation of each corpus. Research projects and applications based on each corpus are also summarised. The paper ends with recommendations on best practices in implementing learner corpus data in language teaching and learning.
      Country of research: Taiwan
      Learners' background: Taiwan
      Institutional level: secondary
      Entered by: University of Essex (Department of Language and Linguistics)
      Barker, F. 2010. ‘How can corpora be used in language testing?’ in The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 633-645
      Book editor(s): O'Keeffe, A. and M. McCarthy.
      ISBN: 9780415464895
      Summary: This chapter considers how corpora can be used in the field of language testing. Referred to as Language Testing and Assessment (LTA), this field is concerned with measuring the language proficiency of individuals in a variety of contexts and for a range of purposes, assessing language knowledge, performance or application.
      Country of research: various
      Learners' background: various
      Entered by: University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
      Orsini-Jones, M. 2010. ‘Shared spaces and ‘secret gardens’: the troublesome journey from undergraduate students to undergraduate scholars via PebblePad’ in Technology-supported Environments for Personalized Learning: Methods and Case Studies. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp. 341-363
      Book editor(s): O’Donoghue, J.
      ISBN: 9781605668840
      Summary: This chapter describes the strengths and weaknesses of PebblePad as a tool for undergraduate language learners, and discusses the issues that need to be considered when planning to implement new personalised learning environments.
      Country of research: United Kingdom
      Learners' background: United Kingdom
      Institutional level: tertiary
      Entered by: Coventry University
      Curry, M.J. and T. Lillis. 2010. ‘Making academic publishing practices visible: designing research-based heuristics to support English-medium text production’ in ELT Materials Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 321-345
      Book editor(s): Harwood, N.
      ISBN: 9780521121583
      Summary: This chapter proposes the use of heuristics for use by academic writers and teachers of academic writing for publication. The heuristics are presented as a type of teaching and thinking tool drawing on research data and findings from a study exploring the experiences of multilingual scholars.
      Country of research: various
      Learners' background: various
      Institutional level: tertiary
      Entered by: The Open University (Faculty of Education and Languages)
      Nesi, H. 2010. ‘The virtual vocabulary notebook: the electronic dictionary as vocabulary learning tool’ in Developing Academic Literacy. Oxford: Peter Lang, pp. 213-226
      Book editor(s): Blue, G.
      ISBN: 978-3-03911-545-7
      Summary: This chapter discusses the way Chinese students use electronic dictionaries to learn vocabulary whilst studying at a British university.
      Country of research: United Kingdom
      Learners' background: China
      Institutional level: tertiary
      Entered by: Coventry University
      Wang, L. 2010. ‘Localizing ICC assessment: a case in China’ in New Approaches to Assessing Language and (Inter-)Cultural Competences in Higher Education. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH, pp. 175-206
      Book editor(s): Dervin, F. and E. Suomela-Salmi.
      ISBN: 978-3-631-58946-5
      Summary: This paper reports a case of applying portfolio assessment to an intercultural language program called 'CoffeeTea' in a Chinese university. Based on interview and learning journal data, the author finds that in an examination-oriented context, it is necessary to localise assessment with regard to national-institutional policy and instructional design.
      Country of research: China
      Learners' background: China
      Institutional level: tertiary
      Entered by: The Open University (Faculty of Education and Languages)
      Ushioda, E. 2010. ‘Researching growth in autonomy through I-statement analysis’ in Language Learner Autonomy: Policy, Curriculum, Classroom. Bern: Peter Lang, pp. 45-62
      Book editor(s): O'Rourke, B. and L. Carson.
      ISBN: 978-3-03911-980-6
      Entered by: University of Warwick (Centre for Applied Linguistics)