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Jonathan Donnellan – TESL-EJ, 2024
This paper describes a Capability Approach analysis of the capabilities, functionings, and conversion factors reported by learners on workplace-based mobile language learning courses. The study used secondary data from student satisfaction surveys from 556 learners who were all recent migrants to the US and who were using the courses to study…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning, Second Language Learning
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Aeen, Javad Behesht; Rassaei, Ehsan; Riasati, Mohammad Javad; Zamanian, Mostafa – TESL-EJ, 2022
Taking into account the facilitative role of mobile-mediated communication for promoting EFL learners' L2 development, this study investigated Iranian EFL learners' perceptions of recast and their modified output through face-to-face, audio, and video-based mobile-mediated communication. To this end, sixty intermediate EFL learners at two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Handheld Devices
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Pei-Ling Yang – TESL-EJ, 2025
This study explores how learner-generated podcasts can support English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning among college students in Taiwan. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were collected from 31 participants through surveys on podcasting attitudes, learning logs, and reflective essays. The findings reveal that EFL learners generally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Audio Equipment, Handheld Devices, Information Dissemination
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Berry, David – TESL-EJ, 2021
This study considers the impact of playing a video game on EFL students. Specifically, this study looks at how video gameplay impacts students' listening comprehension skills and how it encourages students to develop flow experiences in the classroom. Data about this impact was collected through a quasi-experimental mixed methods research design.…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Games, Educational Games, Game Based Learning
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Seedhouse, Paul; Heslop, Phil; Kharruf, Ahmed – TESL-EJ, 2020
Cooking is a universal task of humanity and is intimately linked with culture and language. This article explains the advantages of using real-world cooking as a basis for task-based and technology-assisted language learning. It outlines how the latest digital technology can be used by learners over the Internet to learn aspects of languages and…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Internet, Food, Curriculum Enrichment
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Jarvis, Huw – TESL-EJ, 2015
Two of the most significant trends in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) over the last twenty years or so are the rise of task­-based language teaching (TBLT) and the growth of technology. With TBLT there is a challenging of more traditional structure-based models of delivery, and the increased capacity and mobility of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Laptop Computers
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Jarvis, Huw; Krashen, Stephen – TESL-EJ, 2014
In this article, Huw Jarvis and Stephen Krashen ask "Is CALL Obsolete?" When the term CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) was introduced in the 1960s, the language education profession knew only about language learning, not language acquisition, and assumed the computer's primary contribution to second language acquisition…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Basaran, Süleyman; Cabaroglu, Nese – TESL-EJ, 2014
The ubiquitous use of Internet-based mobile devices in educational contexts means that mobile learning has become a plausible alternative to or a good complement for conventional classroom-based teaching. However, there is a lack of research that explores and defines the characteristics and effects of mobile language learning (LL) through language…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Measures (Individuals), Handheld Devices
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Jarvis, Huw; Achilleos, Marianna – TESL-EJ, 2013
This article begins by critiquing the long-established acronym CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). We then go on to report on a small-scale study which examines how student non-native speakers of English use a range of digital devices beyond the classroom in both their first (L1) and second (L2) languages. We look also at the extent to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Criticism
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Fox, Anne – TESL-EJ, 2008
Talk-radio podcasts, such as "Absolutely Intercultural," which are not overtly pedagogical, can be much more than passive, extended listening practice. This paper describes two examples in which teachers have used the "Absolutely Intercultural" podcast and discusses the different levels of involvement possible with podcasts from listening to…
Descriptors: Discussion, Classroom Communication, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods