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Electronic Writing Portfolio in a Collaborative Writing Environment: Its Impact on EFL Students' Writing Performance
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Jalil Fathi; Masoud Rahimi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Adopting a sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach, this study explored the impact of electronic writing portfolio on writing performance in English as a foreign language (EFL) context. Two intact classes were first selected and randomly assigned to an electronic writing portfolio group (22 EFL students) and a conventional (i.e. paper-based)…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Portfolios (Background Materials), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Developing and Integrating Constructive CALL Courseware for EAP in Chinese Universities: A Report on a Case Study
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Wang, Na; Chen, Juanwen; Zhang, Jingyuan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This paper reports on the development of constructive EAP CALL courseware, and its integration into blended learning contexts, as a solution to the problems in EAP courses in Chinese universities. A case study of a defining skills package, developed for undergraduates at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), is used to…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Courseware
Creating a Technology-Enhanced Constructivist Learning Environment for Research Ability Development in a BA Thesis Writing Course
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Gu, Peiya; Zhang, Ye; Gu, Haibo – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This qualitative case study investigates the technology-enhanced constructivist learning environment (CLE) for developing undergraduate English-majors' research abilities at a Chinese university. The faculty group attempted at transforming an English Writing course into BA Thesis Writing, supported by a free online learning management system…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Constructivism (Learning), Research Skills, Theses
Artefact Co-Construction in Virtual Exchange: 'Youth Entrepreneurship for Society'
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Sevilla-Pavón, Ana; Nicolaou, Anna – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
The aim of this research study around the co-construction and sharing of authentic and meaningful artefacts within the 'Youth Entrepreneurship for Society' virtual exchange was to find out how the implementation of artefact-based telecollaborative tasks fosters 21st competences and social entrepreneurship in English for Specific Purposes settings.…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Pedagogical Beliefs and Attitudes toward Information and Communication Technology: A Survey of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in China
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Liu, Haixia; Lin, Chin-Hsi; Zhang, Dongbo – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
Though pedagogical beliefs have been identified as critical factors in the success of technology integration, very few studies have included them in technology-adoption models. The present study revises the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by adding teachers' pedagogical beliefs, and tests the revised model among university-level…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Information Technology, Teacher Attitudes, Language Teachers
Mediating EFL Learners' Academic Writing Skills in Online Dynamic Assessment Using Google Docs
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Ebadi, Saman; Rahimi, Masoud – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Drawing on Vygotskian sociocultural theory of mind and social constructivism, and adopting a sequential exploratory mixed-methods approach, this study explored the impact of online dynamic assessment (DA) on EFL learners' academic writing skills through one-on-one individual and online synchronous DA sessions over Google Docs. It also investigated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns
Learner Agency and Non-Native Speaker Identity in Pedagogical Lingua Franca Conversations: Insights from Intercultural Telecollaboration in Foreign Language Education
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Kohn, Kurt; Hoffstaedter, Petra – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This article discusses insights gained from a case study on telecollaboration for intercultural communication in foreign language school contexts. Focus was on non-native English and German lingua franca conversations between pairs of students (aged 14-16, B1 level) from schools in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. Telecollaboration…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Intercultural Communication