ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the technology-mediated processes and environments that encourage learners to become more creative in their language learning and use. The education policy makers talk of technology as if it were the be-all and end-all solution to the problem of ensuring the standards and quality of education. The students think of course-based technology as yet another assessment box to tick. In connecting technology with learning, Lievrouw and Livingstone urge researchers and educators to look into three dimensions: technology, practices, context. By extending this model, the chapter examines foreign-language learning and teaching with technology. The creativity is instrumental to foreign-language learning success. It has been argued that autonomous foreign-language learning in out-of-class contexts is achieved through learners' creative and imaginative deployment of learning strategies and resources. The technology itself has not enhanced language learning, but it mediates opportunities and enables students to become more efficient in learning.
