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Hsiao-Ping Wu; Carmen Cáceda – ORTESOL Journal, 2024
There is a consensus in language learning and teaching that the concept of authenticity in the classroom is beneficial to the learning process. This phenomenology case study explored 31 EFL high school students' perceptions about the authenticity of using English as the language of instruction during synchronic lessons with U.S. teachers. Data was…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Incidental Learning, Learning Experience, Teacher Student Relationship
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Sato, Takeshi; Ogura, Masa'aki; Aota, Shoma; Burden, Tyler – Research-publishing.net, 2018
This study examines the effectiveness of an automated translation chatbot used in online interactions which consequently could enhance second/foreign language (L2) competence. Based on the sociocultural perspectives of learning, such as communication to recognize the difference from others and to be involved in sense-making processes, this study…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Fernández, Susana S.; Pozzo, María Isabel – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
This paper discusses to what extent synchronous communication via Skype by Argentine university students of History and Danish university students of Spanish contributed to fostering intercultural competence in the two groups of participants. Intercultural gains are considered both as part of the planned tasks to be solved by the participants…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, History Instruction, Synchronous Communication
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Yamazaki, Kasumi – ReCALL, 2018
This study investigates an instantiation of a 3D virtual world-based Japanese learning curriculum within the context of a Japanese as a foreign language (JFL) classroom. Through a mixed-method case study approach, participants' natural acquisition of Japanese in a 3D virtual environment was examined. In the present study, four sources of data from…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Simulation, Qualitative Research