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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Razmi, Mohammad Hasan; Hernández, Ronald M.; Ocaña-Fernández, Yolvi; Khabir, Masoud – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2022
This study investigated the effect of synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) text chat and voice chat on Iranian EFL learners' oral proficiency and anxiety. To this aim, 81 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners were selected from among 125 students at private English language institutes. The selected participants were divided into two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Oral Language
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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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Vakili, Shokoufeh; Ebadi, Saman – Cogent Education, 2019
Theoretically emerged from Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of mind (SCT), Dynamic Assessment (DA) highlights the notions of mediation and reciprocity as the dynamics of learners' progress toward independent functioning. As a qualitative inquiry into the nature of Iranian EFL learners' development in DA based academic writing courses, this study…
Descriptors: Context Effect, English (Second Language), Academic Language, Foreign Countries
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Heidar, Davood Mashhadi; Afghari, Akbar – English Language Teaching, 2015
The present paper concentrates on a web-based inquiry in the synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) via Web 2.0 technologies of Talk and Write and Skype. It investigates EFL learners' socio-cognitive progress through dynamic assessment (DA), which follows Vygotsky's inclination for supportive interchange in the zone of proximal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension
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Ebadi, Saman; Rahimi, Masoud – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Drawing on Vygotskian sociocultural theory of mind and social constructivism, and adopting a sequential exploratory mixed-methods approach, this study explored the impact of online dynamic assessment (DA) on EFL learners' academic writing skills through one-on-one individual and online synchronous DA sessions over Google Docs. It also investigated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns
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Ebadi, Saman – Teaching English with Technology, 2016
Dynamic assessment (DA) as an alternative to psychometric-based testing focuses on the collaborative dialogue between the learners and the mediator to move the learners from their current capabilities. This study represents a web-based qualitative inquiry in online DA which aims at addressing the inadequacy of the diagnostic feedback of the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Psychometrics, Web Based Instruction, Synchronous Communication
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Razagifard, P. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2013
This paper reports on a study investigating the potential effect of synchronous and asynchronous text-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) on oral fluency development of second-language (L2) learners. Sixty-three intermediate learners of English were randomly assigned to one of three groups (two experimental groups and one control group),…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, English (Second Language)
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Shahrokni, Seyed Abdollah; Talaeizadeh, Ali – TESL-EJ, 2013
This article attempts to investigate the learning processes in blended language learning through assessing sources of information: logs, chat and forum scripts, and semi-structured interviews. Creating a MOODLE-based parallel component to face-to-face instruction for a group of EFL learners, we probed into 2,984 logged actions providing raw…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Blended Learning, Semi Structured Interviews