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Chen, Wen-Chun; Eslami, Zohreh – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
This study investigated the effectiveness of incidental focus on form in promoting second language development in text-based live chats. Sixteen college-level Taiwanese English language learners were partnered with American college students to complete two communicative tasks via synchronous chats on Instant Messenger. Language-related episodes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning
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Webb, Stuart; Chang, Anna C-S. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2012
Previous research investigating the effects of unassisted and assisted repeated reading has primarily focused on how each approach may contribute to improvement in reading comprehension and fluency. Incidental learning of the form and meaning of unknown or partially known words encountered through assisted and unassisted repeated reading has yet…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Novices