Expanding Global Horizons Through Technology Enhanced Language Learning

Yun Wen is an assistant professor in the Learning Sciences and Assessment Academic Group at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore). Her research investigates how people learn through interaction and conversations in multimodal environments, and how to use technology to spark and support collaborative learning.Yi-ju (Ariel) Wu is an assistant professor in Department and Graduate Institute of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan. Her research expertise includes CALL, corpus linguistics, English for Specific Purposes and discourse analysis.Grace Yue Qi is a lecturer in the School of Humanities at Massey University, New Zealand. Her research interests lie in Language Education and Technology-Enhanced Learning with emphasis of multilingual/bilingual education, language-in-education policy, technology-enhanced language learning and teaching, interculturallanguage learning, and English as an international language.Siao-Cing Guo (Michelle) is currently an associate professor in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages at National Taipei University of Business. Her research interest include technology enhanced language learning, learning motivation, and cultural communication.Johnathan Michael Spector is a professor at the Study Technology Department, School of Information, University of North Texas and former chairman of the Association of American Education and Communication Technology.Shobhana Lakshmi Chelliah is Professor of Linguistics and Associate Dean of Research and Advancement at the College of Information, University of North Texas.  Her research has four areas of focus on the documentation of the Tibeto-Burman languages of Northeast India.Kinshuk is the Dean of the College of Information at the University of North Texas. His work has been dedicated to advancing research on the innovative paradigms, architectures and implementations of online and distance learning systems for individualized and adaptive learning in increasingly global environments.Yu-Ju Lan is a professor in the Department of Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University. She has been devoted to applying the research outcomes in the field of Technology-enhanced Language Learning (TELL) to establishing theories and to classroom practices since 2008.

• Introduction.- Investigating Learners’ Preferences for Devices in Mobile-Assisted Vocabulary Learning.- Chinese Undergraduates’ Perspectives on a SPOC Embedded Flipped Classroom.- Evaluation of Diagnostic Feedback in Online Learning Platform.- Empowering Second and Foreign Language Learners with Microcosmic Autonomy through Digital Technologies.- Participatory Development and Application of Listening Resources for Chinese as a Foreign Language: Extending from Textbook to Student-Based Listening Resource.- The Effect of Syntopical Reading Model for Deep Learning on Students’ Idea Generation and Text Comprehension.- How do English Learners Experience Mobile-Assisted Language Learning in Hong Kong and Mainland China?.