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The Role of Digital Literacy in Student Engagement with Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) Feedback on Second Language Writing
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Zhe Zhang; Ken Hyland – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Research on second language (L2) writing suggests that student engagement with automated writing evaluation (AWE) feedback is influenced by various individual and contextual factors. Little attention, however, has been given to the role that students' digital literacy can play in this process. Increasingly, digital literacy is becoming…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Exploring the Affordances of WeChat for Chinese Cultural Knowledge Learning among Learners of Chinese in an International Exchange Program
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Xiaoji Wang; Wenying Jiang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Affordance refers to the opportunity available to a learning activity. Taking affordance as a theoretical and analytical construct, this exploratory study investigates learners' attitudes and the opportunities WeChat may provide for Chinese cultural knowledge (CCK) learning. The aim is to find out the potential new affordances and compare learners…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Mediated Communication, Cultural Awareness, Learning Activities
The Effect of Google Expeditions Virtual Reality on EFL Learners' Willingness to Communicate and Oral Proficiency
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Ebadi, Saman; Ebadijalal, Marjan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This study reports the results of a mixed-methods investigation on the impact of a virtual reality (VR) tool on Iranian EFL learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) and oral proficiency. Twenty upper-intermediate EFL learners were divided into experimental and control groups role-playing as museum guides with and without Google Expeditions VR…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries