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Irene Acevedo de la Peña; Daniel Cassany – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2024
There is currently little research on the use of podcasting as a learning tool in the tertiary-level foreign language classroom. Here we attempt to partly fill that gap through a multiple case study of three university teachers who use this technology in their courses in Spanish as a foreign language. We obtained data for analysis primarily in two…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Computer Software, Handheld Devices, Information Dissemination
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Satima Rotjanawongchai – rEFLections, 2024
Research on teacher strategies to improve learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) is limited. However, encouraging outside-the-class conversations could increase L2 exposure and improve communicative skills. This study investigated the effects of self-assessment of self-recorded conversations on Thai university EFL learners' WTC and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Communication, Second Language Learning, Communication Skills
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Anthony Brandy; Phil Hiver – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
In this single-case study with a quasi-experimental design, we set out to examine the role of two input-based features of the language learning app Duolingo on learners' development of implicit and explicit second language (L2) knowledge. We investigated the effect of Duolingo's Stories feature and Podcast feature on two Spanish-L2 learners'…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Educational Technology, Audio Equipment
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Morgan Sleeper – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2024
Music plays many important roles in language revitalization, from attracting learners and fostering speech communities to supporting language learning. These effects, however, are largely independent from the skills which linguists bring to language revitalization. This study introduces one concrete way in which applied linguistics can directly…
Descriptors: Singing, Language Maintenance, American Indian Languages, Music
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Cheryl Wei-Yu Chen – Computers in the Schools, 2024
Podcasting has become a popular medium for people to express themselves and share their knowledge with a global audience. However, there is still a lack of research on how podcasting can be used as a tool for education and personal development. The current study, framed in Jenkins' participatory culture where artistic expression and civic…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Lingling Lou; Wei Xu; Ruijia Liu – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2024
Although automatic speech recognition technologies have gained popularity in second language learning, there are still difficulties facing the use of automatic speech recognition in second language learning. Through a bibliometric review and a meta-analysis, this study examines the effects of automatic speech recognition on second language…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Meta Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Elena Shimanskaya – Foreign Language Annals, 2025
In this study, I compare the accuracy of automatic speech recognition (ASR) transcription against two measures of intelligibility provided by human listeners. The data came from readings of five texts recorded by 15 language learners of French. Human understanding was gauged by (i) asking a group of 36 naïve first language (L1) speakers of French…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Natalia M. Rojas – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Despite the importance of classroom language interactions for children's school readiness skills and the school readiness gaps faced by Spanish-speaking emergent bilinguals (EBs), the field knows little about their classroom language interactions in early childhood education (ECE) classrooms. Expanding upon traditional approaches of observing…
Descriptors: Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Min Ching Chen; Tak-Wai Chan; Yu Hsin Chen – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2024
Purpose: Podcasting is a new mobile technology application for language learning. Drawing upon the stimulus-organism-response model and the interest driven creator (IDC) theory from e-learning, this study aims to develop and test an integrative conceptual framework. This study investigates contextual and environmental stimuli effects (content…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Audio Equipment
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Linghong Li; Martin Valcke; Linda Badan; Christoph Anderl – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background study: Chinese tone pronunciation instruction gains increasingly attention and various instructional strategies have been studied to develop effective tones in students. Students usually listen to successful pronunciation stimuli provided by the teacher or peers, to be copied by themselves. However, individuals seem more sensitive to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Chinese, Intonation
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Ching Chang; Hui-Chin Yeh – The EUROCALL Review, 2024
This study investigated willingness to communicate (WTC) and learning anxiety while immersing students in video dubbing (VDUB) activities using a peer instruction learning strategy. A total of 63 students participated in the study. The control group (CG) of 33 students used a teacher-led VDUB learning method, while the experimental group (EG) of…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiovisual Aids, Video Technology, Academic Achievement
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Thanachporn Varapongsittikul; Sujinat Jitwiriyanont – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
This study aims to investigate the VOT values of English wordinitial plosive consonants produced by young Thai learners to understand current trends in English pronunciation among Thai speakers and its future direction. The study analyzes how phonological mismatches between Thai and English affect the pronunciation of Thai learners, using a speech…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Thai, Native Language, Second Language Instruction
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Mohamed A. Mekheimer; A. I. Fageeh – Discover Education, 2025
This study investigated the impact of information density on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) listening comprehension, testing the hypothesis that listeners prioritize message understanding in information-rich discourse over grammar-focused analysis in rhetorical discourse. A quasi-experimental design was employed with 26 EFL college students,…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Büsra Aras; Sultan Bozkurt; Serap Önen – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2024
This research aimed to scrutinize and delineate the figures of speech manifesting in English hit songs. A selection of songs from Spotify's Top 30 Hit Songs List was chosen as the study material. The study employed a qualitative content analysis approach to classify the type and calculate the frequency of the figures of speech within the corpus of…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cheng-Yueh Jao; Hui-Chin Yeh; Wan-Rou Huang; Nian-Shing Chen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
While previous studies have focused on the outcomes of using dubbing apps to foster learner's development of English-speaking ability, this study, grounded in cognitive apprenticeship (CA), is an investigation of the learning processes, which included modeling, coaching, scaffolding, articulation, reflection, and exploration, involved in the use…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Audiovisual Aids, Audio Equipment, Translation
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