This article is in two parts. The first part introduces the concept of a structured approach in the assessment of patients in neurorehabilitation. The overall role of computers is broken down into seven potential areas where they may be of benefit: communication, motor skills, cognitive functions, social skills, mood, work and leisure. There are many different treatment approaches that are used with computers in neurorehabilitation, ranging from remediation of lost skills to adaptation of function. The second part uses a case study to demonstrate the methods of assessment and the practical techniques that are used to overcome everyday issues.The overall conclusion is that computers can become an integral part of neurorehabilitation and it is essential for occupational therapists to gain a greater insight into their use in order to enhance their patients' independence and quality of life.

This paper presents a study exploring the efficacy of Wikis in an online language exchange program involving a purposeful sample of university students from China and the UK. The article first provides a brief overview of the use of Web 2.0 applications in language education. It then specifically addresses the potential advantages of using Wikispaces in second language acquisition, particularly in tasks designed for the purpose of collaborative learning. Research methods employed in the study included questionnaire, interview and analysis of textual input on Wikis. Participants were students from two partner universities in China and the UK, who communicated with each other in English and Chinese to discuss curriculum-based topics posted to the China-UK Wikispaces. The results demonstrate that tasks designed for Wikis offer students constructive opportunities to communicate with each other and develop their language proficiencies. The findings also indicate that the informed involvement of language tutors in selecting topics and designing tasks is instrumental in effectively facilitating and further enhancing students' experiences of collaborative learning on Wikis.

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Part 1 of the article introduced the concept of a structured approach in using computers when working with patients in a neurorehabilitation setting. Part 2 continues to build on the concept by means of a case study. The case study demonstrates the assessment and intervention techniques commonly used by the staff on a Regional Rehabilitation Unit. It identifies the complexity of the patient's condition and highlights the systematic methods used to help to restore damaged function or to compensate for the difficulties experienced. Part 2 offers a breakdown of the assessment process explored in part 1 and gives examples of everyday issues experienced by the rehabilitation team.

While corpus tools provide several different ways to display relationships between words within texts and across texts, the main format for viewing concordance data is Key Word in Context (KWIC). In Computer Aided Language Learning, concordance lines in KWIC format may be accessed inside a concordancer or within other software through links to corpus data. Language learners can and do gain useful insights from exploring concordance data in KWIC format, but some kinds of information may be harder to see, some patterning of use may not be so obvious, and reading of complete examples may not be very easy. The Prime Machine was developed for language learners and aims to make corpus data easier to access and interpret. This paper introduces the design of the Cards Tab, which provides an additional way of viewing concordance data. Results from three evaluations with language learners and teachers show positive attitudes towards this display.