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Li, Jinrong; Li, Mimi – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
Despite the benefits of peer review, there are still challenges that need to be addressed to make it more effective for L2 students. With the development of technology, computer-mediated peer review has captured increasing attention from L2 writing researchers and instructors. While Turnitin is known for its use in detecting plagiarism, its newly…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Scholz, Kyle W.; Schulze, Mathias – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
Recent research in digital game-based language learning has been encouraging, yet it would benefit from research methods that focus on the gaming processes and second-language development (Larsen-Freeman, 2015) rather than learner/player reflection or individuals' beliefs about the validity of gameplay. This has proven challenging as research…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Role Playing, Observation
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Han, Sumi; Shin, Jeong-Ah – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
This mixed-method study examines the effectiveness of teaching Google search techniques (GSTs) to Korean EFL college students in an intermediate-level academic English writing course. 18 students participated in a 4-day GST workshop consisting of an overview session of the web as corpus and Google as a concordancer, and three training sessions…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Search Strategies, Academic Discourse, Second Language Instruction
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Reinders, Hayo; Wattana, Sorada – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
This paper reports on a study into the effects of digital game play on learners' Willingness to Communicate (WTC), or individuals' "readiness to enter into discourse at a particular time with a specific person or persons, using a L2" (MacIntyre, Dörnyei, Clément, & Noels, 1998, p. 547). Thirty Thai learners of English as a foreign…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Readiness, English (Second Language), Computer Games
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Lee, Lina – Language Learning & Technology, 2011
The current study explores closely how using a combined modalities of asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) via blogs and face-to-face (FTF) interaction through ethnographic interviews with native speakers (L1s) supports autonomous learning as the result of reflective and social processes. The study involves 16 American undergraduate…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, Web Sites, Intercultural Communication
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Hardison, Debra M. – Language Learning & Technology, 2004
Two experiments investigated the effectiveness of computer-assisted prosody training, its generalization to novel sentences and segmental accuracy, and the relationship between prosodic and lexical information in long-term memory. Experiment 1, using a pretest-posttest design, provided native English-speaking learners of French with 3 weeks of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Sentences, Cues, Pretests Posttests