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Riding the Digital Wilds: Learner Autonomy and Informal Language Learning
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Godwin-Jones, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
In the 20th anniversary issue of this journal, Reinders and White (2016) describe the relationship between computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and autonomy as having become "both more complex and more promising" (p. 143). This is, they assert, in large part due to the rise of informal language learning online, with an accompanying…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Independent Study
Language Learning through Social Networks: Perceptions and Reality
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Lin, Chin-Hsi; Warschauer, Mark; Blake, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
Language Learning Social Network Sites (LLSNSs) have attracted millions of users around the world. However, little is known about how people participate in these sites and what they learn from them. This study investigated learners' attitudes, usage, and progress in a major LLSNS through a survey of 4,174 as well as 20 individual case studies. The…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Second Language Learning, Case Studies, Learning Activities
Oral-Performance Language Tasks for CSL Beginners in Second Life
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Lan, Yu-Ju; Kan, Yu-Hsuan; Sung, Yao-Ting; Chang, Kuo-En – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of different types of language tasks performed in Second Life (SL) on the oral performance of beginners of Chinese as a Second Language (CSL), focusing on oral accuracy. The 30 CSL beginners who participated in this study were randomly divided into two groups (n = 15 per group), required to…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Mandarin Chinese, Accuracy