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Distinctions between Mobile-Assisted and Paper-Based EFL Reading Comprehension Performance: Reading Cognitive Load as a Mediator
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Xiaoming Yang; Jie Hu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Previous research has documented that students' reading comprehension performance in learning English as a foreign language (EFL) differs greatly between mobile-assisted and paper-based reading. The present study extends previous work by investigating whether reading cognitive load differs between mobile-assisted and paper-based EFL reading…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Printed Materials, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Revisiting the Cognition Hypothesis: The Impact of Task Complexity on L2 Learner Engagement in Task Performance in Computer-Mediated and Face-to-Face Communication
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Xuyan Qiu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Task complexity and communication modes are two task design and implementation factors that have been found to affect second language (L2) learners' oral performance. While increasing task complexity and developing tasks according to the features of face-to-face and computer-mediated communication modes can optimise L2 production, few studies…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Learner Engagement, Computer Mediated Communication