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Stella Kourieos; Dimitris Evripidou – TESL-EJ, 2024
The importance of oral interaction in language learning is well recognised, and this paper examines the factors that hinder English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' active participation in online discussions during Synchronous Online Communication. Using focus groups with 51 Cypriot Greek-speaking students from three tertiary institutions in…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Angeli, Charoula; Schwartz, Neil H. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Two hundred and eighty undergraduates from universities in two countries were asked to read didactic material, and then think and write about potential solutions to an ill-defined problem. The writing was conducted within a synchronous or asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) environment. Asynchronous CMC took the form of email…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries