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Chuan Liu; Francis Bangou – Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 2022
In recent years, Video-based Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication (VSCMC) has started to be applied in EFL education for young Chinese learners. VSCMC teaching, as distinctive from face-to-face teaching, brings numerous planning challenges for teachers using technology. Research has shown that teacher beliefs significantly affect lesson…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Sato, Eriko; Sohn, Heejeong; Chen, Julian ChengChiang; Adebowale, Kayode C. V.; Jourdain, Sarah – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2015
Our pilot project created blended/online courses to accommodate the growing needs of precollegiate and collegiate students interested in learning Korean and Japanese. In the initial phase, we conducted a survey of students' experiences with and perceptions about blended/online Asian language learning. We found a general lack of familiarity with,…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Korean
Carruthers, Heidy P. Cuervo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The traditional language laboratory consists of computer-based exercises in which students practice the language individually, working on language form drills and listening comprehension activities. In addition to the traditional approach to the laboratory requirement, students in the study participated in a weekly conversation hour focusing on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Spanish
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Yanguas, Inigo – Language Learning & Technology, 2010
This study explores task-based, synchronous oral computer-mediated communication (CMC) among intermediate-level learners of Spanish. In particular, this paper examines (a) how learners in video and audio CMC groups negotiate for meaning during task-based interaction, (b) possible differences between both oral CMC modes and traditional face-to-face…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software
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Cunningham, Una; Fagersten, Kristy Beers; Holmsten, Elin – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
At Dalarna University, Sweden, modes of communication are offered at many points of Kenning's continuum with a web-based learning platform, including asynchronous document exchange and collaborative writing tools, e-mail, recorded lectures in various formats, live streamed lectures with the possibility of text questions to the lecturer in real…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Seminars, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Robin, Richard – Language Learning & Technology, 2007
Language teachers know that even the best technology cannot provide the high degree of interaction required to acquire meaningful proficiency in a foreign language. Even the most polished packages available today cannot evaluate learner input and provide subtle shades of context-based feedback, except in the narrowest of circumstances. In this…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Listening Comprehension, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
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Sussex, Roland; White, Peter – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1996
Overviews the use of the Internet in second-language instruction with special attention given to learning, teaching, research, and assessing and using the Net. (77 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software
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Fleming, Stephen; Hiple, David – CALICO Journal, 2004
Distance education has evolved through many delivery formats, conforming in varying degrees to an Information Age definition of "distance education" that emphasizes two-way electronic communication. The technological characteristics and limitations of each format have implications for pedagogical choices in designing distance education courses for…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Education Courses, Distance Education, Educational Change
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Wang, Yuping – CALICO Journal, 2004
This article provides a report on NetMeeting as an appropriate fourth-generation tool for interactive language learning in distance mode. It follows on earlier research by Wang and Sun (2000, 2001) on the most urgent problem facing distance language education--lack of provision of oral-visual interaction and the emergence of a fourth-generation…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classification, Evaluation Criteria, Interaction