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Primary School Students' Foreign Language Anxiety in Collaborative and Individual Digital Game-Based Learning
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Yang, Yu-Fen; Goh, Alexis P. I.; Hong, Yi-Chun; Chen, Nian-Shing – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
Few studies have focused on the comparison between collaborative and individual digital game-based learning (DGBL) performance for students who study English as a Foreign Language (EFL). In collaborative DGBL, how the composition of foreign language anxiety (FLA) within groups of students affects students' performance remains uncertain. This study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Cooperation
The Effects of an Augmented-Reality Ubiquitous Writing Application: A Comparative Pilot Project for Enhancing EFL Writing Instruction
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Lin, Vivien; Liu, Gi-Zen; Chen, Nian-Shing – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
The use of technology such as online software has been examined in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing contexts. However, few studies have incorporated context-aware ubiquitous technology into EFL writing instruction. To develop multimodal and digital literacy of target EFL undergraduates in this pilot project, the researchers designed and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Schemata (Cognition), Second Language Learning
Supporting Dyadic Learning of English for Tourism Purposes with Scenery-Based Virtual Reality
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Lin, Vivien; Barrett, Neil E.; Liu, Gi-Zen; Chen, Nian-Shing; Jong, Morris Siu-Yung – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
The field of language education has experienced a rise in using virtual reality (VR) to support interactive, contextualized, and collaborative language learning in recent years. The current study investigates the effects of auditory, visual, and textual input on speaking and writing in English for Tourism Purposes (ETP) through immersive,…
Descriptors: Tourism, English for Special Purposes, Undergraduate Students, Computer Simulation
Teacher Training in a Synchronous Cyber Face-to-Face Classroom: Characterizing and Supporting the Online Teachers' Learning Process
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Wang, Yuping; Chen, Nian-Shing; Levy, Mike – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2010
This article discusses the learning process undertaken by language teachers in a cyber face-to-face teacher training program. Eight tertiary Chinese language teachers attended a 12-week training program conducted in an online synchronous learning environment characterized by multimedia-based, oral and visual interaction. The term "cyber…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Mandarin Chinese, Training, Data Collection