Abstract

Digital technologies have been widely used to enhance language learning, the effectiveness of which has been acknowledged in the literature. With the rapid development of digital devices and technologies, increasing technologies have been used in the most recent several years, leading to more diversified approaches to language education. This exceptional advance over the past few years calls for a summary of state-of-the-art technologies that have been used to enhance language learning and promote effective learning. The present study was conducted to fill this gap by reviewing all the relevant publications in 10 widely recognised journals in the field of technology-enhanced language learning. An analysis of 57 articles indicated five major types of technology for second and foreign language learning (i.e. technologies for mobile learning, multimedia learning and socialisation, speech-to-text and text-to-speech recognition, and digital-game-based learning). The results also showed four primary purposes and benefits of the state-of-the-art technologies: promoting practices, delivering instructional content, facilitating interactions, and restructuring teaching approaches. Moreover, these state-of-the-art technologies have been integrated into various aspects of language teaching and learning, the overall impact of which has been positive.

摘要

数字技术已被广泛用于增强语言学习，其有效性已在文献中得到认可。随着数字设备和技术的快速发展，近年来技术的使用越来越多，导致语言教育的方法更加多样化。过去几年的这一非凡进步要求总结用于增强语言学习和促进有效学习的最先进技术。本研究旨在通过审查技术增强语言学习领域的 10 种广泛认可的期刊中的所有相关出版物来填补这一空白。对 57 篇文章的分析指出了五种主要类型的第二语言和外语学习技术（即移动学习技术、多媒体学习和社交、语音到文本和文本到语音识别，以及基于数字游戏的学习）。结果还显示了最先进技术的四个主要目的和好处：促进实践、提供教学内容、促进互动和重组教学方法。此外，这些最先进的技术已融入语言教学和学习的各个方面，其总体影响是积极的。