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Wang, Na; Chen, Juanwen; Zhang, Jingyuan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This paper reports on the development of constructive EAP CALL courseware, and its integration into blended learning contexts, as a solution to the problems in EAP courses in Chinese universities. A case study of a defining skills package, developed for undergraduates at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), is used to…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Courseware
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Gu, Peiya; Zhang, Ye; Gu, Haibo – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This qualitative case study investigates the technology-enhanced constructivist learning environment (CLE) for developing undergraduate English-majors' research abilities at a Chinese university. The faculty group attempted at transforming an English Writing course into BA Thesis Writing, supported by a free online learning management system…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Constructivism (Learning), Research Skills, Theses
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Sevilla-Pavón, Ana; Nicolaou, Anna – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
The aim of this research study around the co-construction and sharing of authentic and meaningful artefacts within the 'Youth Entrepreneurship for Society' virtual exchange was to find out how the implementation of artefact-based telecollaborative tasks fosters 21st competences and social entrepreneurship in English for Specific Purposes settings.…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Liu, Haixia; Lin, Chin-Hsi; Zhang, Dongbo – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
Though pedagogical beliefs have been identified as critical factors in the success of technology integration, very few studies have included them in technology-adoption models. The present study revises the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by adding teachers' pedagogical beliefs, and tests the revised model among university-level…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Information Technology, Teacher Attitudes, Language Teachers
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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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Rusanganwa, Joseph Appolinary – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2015
The aim of the present study is to investigate the process of constructing a Multimedia Assisted Vocabulary Learning (MAVL) instrument at a university in Rwanda in 2009. The instrument is used in a one-computer classroom where students were taught in a foreign language and had little access to books. It consists of video clips featuring images,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Multimedia Materials, Video Technology
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Kohn, Kurt; Hoffstaedter, Petra – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This article discusses insights gained from a case study on telecollaboration for intercultural communication in foreign language school contexts. Focus was on non-native English and German lingua franca conversations between pairs of students (aged 14-16, B1 level) from schools in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. Telecollaboration…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Intercultural Communication
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Vinther, Jane – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2011
The framework of this study is cooperation between students of English at a Chinese university and their counterparts at a Danish university, i.e. neither group of students are native speakers of English. The theoretical framework for the study is Vygotsky's sociocultural approach combined with the work by a number of researchers on the link…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Constructivism (Learning), Interpersonal Relationship
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Ruhlmann, F. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1998
Based on the results of a research and development project that was funded by the European Commission. Findings from previous research were synthesized into an innovative method that seeks to combine instructional and constructivist approaches in a single application. The integrated method applied in the design of the "PEC" (Procedures and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Language Research