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Yining Zhang; Binbin Zheng; Yuan Tian – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
The use of text chat in synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) could help remedy the widely reported lack of active involvement in online language learning. However, the nuances and complexities of learners' text-chat actions warrant further examination. This exploratory study used observational data collected from 40 students in a…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Foreign Countries, Research Universities, English Language Learners
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Wu, Junjie Gavin; Miller, Lindsay – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
This article reports the study of a novel way of raising tertiary-level students' native cultural awareness (NCA) via an informal mobile learning community. Through two cycles of action research at a teacher-education university in East China, the study drew upon the Community of Practice (CoP) theory to form a synchronous English chat group.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Jia, Chengyuan; Hew, Khe Foon Timothy – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Lower-level processes have long been overlooked in EFL listening pedagogy. To address this pervasive problem, in this study, a program was designed that integrated WeChat, the most popular mobile instant messaging app in China, into dictation practice. Students in two classes studying a compulsory university EFL course were selected as…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)