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Download full textMilliner, Brett; Cote, Travis – Research-publishing.net, 2015
Extensive Reading (ER) is a popular strategy to improve reading fluency, vocabulary knowledge and reading confidence. The process of ER, traditionally done with paperbacks, is a practice being transformed by smartphone technology. This paper introduces Xreading® (www.xreading.com), an online Graded Reader (GR) library and Learning Management…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Reading Strategies, Courseware, Electronic Libraries
Thomas, James – Research-publishing.net, 2014
"Discovering English with the Sketch Engine" is the title of a new book (Thomas, 2014) which introduces the use of corpora in language study, teaching, writing and translating. It focuses on using the Sketch Engine to identify patterns of normal usage in many aspects of English ranging from morphology to discourse and pragmatics. This…
Descriptors: Courseware, English Instruction, English (Second Language), College Students
Mirzaei, Maryam Sadat; Akita, Yuya; Kawahara, Tatsuya – Research-publishing.net, 2014
This study investigates a novel method of captioning, partial and synchronized, as a listening tool for second language (L2) learners. In this method, the term partial and synchronized caption (PSC) pertains to the presence of a selected set of words in a caption where words are synced to their corresponding speech signal, using a state-of-the-art…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Listening Skills, Listening Comprehension, Word Frequency
Bergman, Hilkka; Tedremaa-Levorato, Kristiina – Research-publishing.net, 2013
This paper aims to give an overview of a cooperation project launched three years ago, under which students who study Swedish at two universities across the Baltic Sea have a chance to complete a part of relevant courses in their study programmes together in an online course. The primary goals of joint studying are: to encourage students from…
Descriptors: Swedish, Second Language Learning, Online Courses, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Ishikawa, Yasushige; Kondo, Mutsumi; Akahane-Yamada, Reiko; Smith, Craig; Hatakeda, Hiroshi; Wada, Norihisa – Research-publishing.net, 2012
This paper reports on the use of can-do statements (CDS) for the development of learning materials to prepare Japanese university students for the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC). These learning materials have been made available on ATR CALL BRIX (http://www.atr-lt.jp/products/brix/index.html), a wwwbased courseware with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning
Berns, Anke; Valero-Franco, Concepción – Research-publishing.net, 2013
This paper presents the results of an ongoing study which has been carried out with a group of German Foreign Language students at the University of Cadiz since 2012. The purpose of the study was to analyze the impact of videogame-like applications on foreign language learning and their motivational potential to increase learning beyond the…
Descriptors: Video Games, Active Learning, Educational Games, Courseware
