An Interview with Dr. Vincenza Tudini from the University of South Australia
Abstract
Vincenza Tudini is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at the University of South Australia. She has a Ph.D. in Italian with a focus on critical analysis of contemporary narrative. Her more recent research and publications record is in the area of applied linguistics with a focus on Computer Mediated Communication. She has directed several projects in the area of Computer Assisted Language Learning (C.A.L.L.) including a project of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers (AFMLTA) Language Resources on the Internet and a project of the Australian Language & Literacy Council Implications of Technology for Language Teaching. She is currently working on several projects that research and develop online language teaching and learning.
Keywords
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), language learningReferences
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