The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology

Fiona Farr, Liam Murray

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781032534732
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040727836
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Éducation
• Subtopic: Technologie de l'éducation

The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology is a comprehensive and accessible resource for teachers, teacher educators, and students navigating the rapid evolution of technology in language education. Now in its second edition, this fully updated volume reflects the accelerated integration of digital tools into pedagogical practices, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Building on its original focus—historical and theoretical contexts, interactive and collaborative technologies, corpora and data- driven learning, and computer gaming—the handbook introduces new chapters that explore teacher development and the cultural dimensions of language learning. Emerging voices in the field offer insightful perspectives on cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, advancing a balanced and accessible approach useful to students with a language background who are looking to further their education in the sector. Farr and Murray equip readers with the requisites to make informed pedagogical decisions in both academic and professional settings.

This handbook is essential reference for all students from undergraduate to PhD level, teachers and researchers of Language Learning and TESOL, and professionals in the areas of Applied Linguistics, Education, and Media Studies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Language learning and technology
• Part I History and theory
• 1 Taking a balanced view of technology in language teaching: Past, present and future
• 2 Theory and theories in computer-assisted language learning research and practice
• 3 Integrating multimodal theory into CALL: Comparative insights from Kress, Mondada, and Norris
• Part II Pedagogic competencies and teacher development
• 4 Language materials development in a digital age
• 5 Literacies, technology and language teaching
• 6 Language testing and technology
• 7 Teaching alongside GenAI: Affordances for language teaching and shifting agencies
• 8 MOOCs for languages: From LMOOCs to LTEMOOCs
• 9 Online, blended and hybrid language learning
• Part III Culture and contexts
• 10 Plurilingualism and CALL
• 11 Culture, language learning and technology in an AI world
• 12 Language learning and technology use in varied technology contexts
• 13 Limitations and boundaries in language learning and technology
• 14 Sustainable CALL development
• 15 Foreign language education and digital cultures: Perspectives on citizenship and diversity
• Part IV Interactive and collaborative technologies
• 16 Virtual exchange and language learning
• 17 Social media and language learning
• 18 Mobile language learning
• 19 Potentials and challenges of Virtual Reality: Implications for the language classroom
• 20 Mobile dictionaries and apps for vocabulary learning
• 21 A qualitative analysis of the affordances of immersive technologies in virtual exchange
• 22 The spoken CALL shared task: An overview
• Part V Corpora and data-driven learning
• 23 Introduction to data-driven learning
• 24 Spoken language corpora and pedagogic applications
• 25 Written language corpora and pedagogic applications
• 26 Pedagogical applications of learner corpora: A decade in review
• 27 Corpus types and uses
• 28 Designing and building corpora for language learning
• Part VI Gaming
• 29 Digital games as a methodology for second language learning: Exploring new metaphors and pedagogical parallels
• 30 Gaming for focused language practice
• 31 Digital gaming and young L2 learners
• Index