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Lam, Yau Wai; Hew, Khe Foon; Chiu, Kin Fung – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
This study investigated the effectiveness of a blended learning approach--involving the thesis, analysis, and synthesis key (TASK) procedural strategy; online Edmodo discussions; online message labels; and writing models--on student argumentative writing in a Hong Kong secondary school. It also examined whether the application of digital game…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Improvement, Persuasive Discourse, Blended Learning
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Lin, Huifen – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
Drawing on interactionist and socio-cultural theories, tools provided in computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments have long been considered able to create an environment that shares many communicative features with face-to-face communication. Over the past two decades, researchers have employed a variety of strategies to examine the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Program Effectiveness
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Lin, Wei-Chen; Huang, Hung-Tzu; Liou, Hsien-Chin – Language Learning & Technology, 2013
As various means of computer mediated communication (CMC) have been incorporated within language classrooms over the past two decades, it has become important to critically understand whether, to which extent, and under what contextual factors, a particular type of CMC is more effective than other modes of communication. This study examined the…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Meta Analysis
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Payne, J. Scott; Ross, Brenda M. – Language Learning & Technology, 2005
Recently a number of quasi-experimental studies have investigated the potential of a cross-modality transfer of second language competency between real-time, conversational exchange via text and speech (Abrams, 2003; Beauvious, 1998; Kost, 2004; Payne & Whitney, 2002). Payne and Whitney employed Levelt's (1989) model of language production and…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Languages, Short Term Memory