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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
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Badwan, Khawla M. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
Language educators in many parts of the world are torn between preparing language learners to pass language proficiency tests and trying to let their classrooms reflect the messiness of out-of-class communication. Because testing is "an activity which perhaps more than any other dictates what is taught" (Hall, 2014, p. 379), helping…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Foreign Students, Second Language Learning