Computer Conferencing: Does It Motivate EFL Students?.

Skinner, Barbara; Austin, Roger

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ERIC Number: EJ593212

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Computer Conferencing: Does It Motivate EFL Students?

Skinner, Barbara; Austin, Roger

ELT Journal, v53 n4 p270-79 Oct 1999

Explores the results obtained from using a computer network for real-time synchronous discussion in a course for students of English as a foreign language. Found that computer conferencing had noticeable effects on students' motivation for language learning. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: College Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Group Discussion, Higher Education, Learning Motivation, Second Language Instruction, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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