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Knight, Stephanie W. P.; Sykes, Julie M.; Forrest, Linda; Consolini, Carla H.; Jimenez, Johanna – CALICO Journal, 2022
Online platforms have the potential to address the issue of world language teacher attrition by building professional learning communities. However, autonomous engagement is not guaranteed by the mere existence of said tools. In this article, we report findings from Catalyst user data analysis. Catalyst is an online professional development social…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Data Analysis, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Kozar, Olga – CALICO Journal, 2016
Private online language tutoring is growing in popularity. An important prerequisite for development of effective pedagogies in this context is a good understanding of how different modalities can be combined. This study provides a detailed account of how several experienced private online teachers use text chat in their Skype-based English…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Videoconferencing, Teleconferencing, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Liu, Sha; Kunnan, Antony John – CALICO Journal, 2016
This study investigated the application of "WriteToLearn" on Chinese undergraduate English majors' essays in terms of its scoring ability and the accuracy of its error feedback. Participants were 163 second-year English majors from a university located in Sichuan province who wrote 326 essays from two writing prompts. Each paper was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Taylor, Alan – CALICO Journal, 2014
This study challenges the assertion that an increase in L1 glossing results in more L2 reading comprehension. The results of this study, a quantitative meta-analysis, indicate that there is a significant difference (p = 0.04) in L2 reading comprehension between groups based on how much L1 glossing is provided. It was found that the group with the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Language, Reading Comprehension, Statistical Analysis
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Smith, Bryan – CALICO Journal, 2009
This study explores the relationship between scrolling, negotiated interaction, and self-initiated self-repair (SISR) in a task-based synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) foreign language learning environment. Pairs of adult learners of German engaged in four jigsaw tasks over the course of one university semester. Video screen…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, German, Second Language Learning, College Students
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Hong, Kwang Hee; Samimy, Keiko K. – CALICO Journal, 2010
Previous research on blended learning (BL) implementation in L2 instructional settings considers L2 teachers' use of the incorporated CALL modes and learners' attitudes toward the CALL modes as critical factors, among other factors, for achieving successful BL implementation. In the literature, these two factors are suggested to be strongly…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Literacy, Computer Literacy
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Cox, Troy L.; Davies, Randall S. – CALICO Journal, 2012
This study examined the use of automatic speech recognition (ASR) scored elicited oral response (EOR) tests to assess the speaking ability of English language learners. It also examined the relationship between ASR-scored EOR and other language proficiency measures and the ability of the ASR to rate speakers without bias to gender or native…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
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Mills, Nicole; Herron, Carol; Cole, Steven P. – CALICO Journal, 2004
As teachers' roles evolve in technology-enhanced language learning (TELL), choices of technological devices and instructional delivery and the degree of foreign language (FL) teacher facilitation within TELL activities are prominent. This investigation compared 53 beginning college French students' comprehension of FL video in a teacher-assisted…
Descriptors: French, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Comprehension