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Chen-Yu Liu – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
OpenCourseWare (OCW) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have gained increasing popularity and importance because they greatly expand students' access to university lectures. Although the main component of OCW and MOOC platforms is lectures, their differences may potentially affect the difficulty of academic listening comprehension. This study…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Open Educational Resources, Lecture Method, Second Language Learning
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Chen, Chih-Ming; Chen, I.-Chun – Interactive Learning Environments, 2021
In recent years, English instruction has emphasized the importance of listening comprehension; however, playing CDs in class is still the most widely used approach to practicing English listening skills in Taiwan. It is obvious that this training approach cannot satisfy individual needs, thus reducing the effect of promoting English listening…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interactive Video, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Garrido-Iñigo, Paloma; Rodríguez-Moreno, Francisco – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
This article presents our experience of testing the OpenSim platform as a tool in teaching French to 108 tourism students at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid, Spain). The article begins with some theoretical reflections on the behaviour of the student when using a virtual platform by means of an avatar, and with our observations of how this…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension