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Book Review
Developing Online Language
Teaching: Research-Based
Pedagogies and Refective
Practices
Edited by Regine Hampel and Ursula Stickler
Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan
US $95.00
ISBN 978-1-137-41225-6
206 pages
2015
Reviewed by
Kathryn Murphy-Judy
Regine Hampel and Ursula Stickler are well known for their work in technology-
enhanced language learning and for developing robust online language learning
environments. As faculty in the Open University in the United Kingdom, their
work in the design of mediated platforms and teacher training in online envi-
ronments is extensive. Tis edited volume of eleven chapters arises directly from
their bailiwick. It targets the development of online language teaching through
the double lens of socioconstructivist learning theory and refective practice.
In line with the emphasis on refective practice in teaching and learning, each
chapter not only ofers a research-based orientation and detailed discussions of
various practices in online language teaching, but also provides a series of ques-
tions to guide readers toward active engagement with the topics. Te co-editors
underscore the “seminal infuence of Hubbard and Levy [2006]” (p. 3) on this
volume; said infuence serves as a springboard to specifying skills that online
teachers need to develop, collaborations needed within communities of prac-
tice, and research that teachers should carry out.
Afliation
School of World Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
email: kmurphy@vcu.edu