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Can a 'Pedagogical' Spellchecker Improve Spelling Accuracy in L2 Spanish?
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Blazquez-Carretero, Miguel; Woore, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2021
Accurate spelling matters for L2 learners: It facilitates communication, affects other aspects of the writing process, and is an important assessment criterion. However, even in phonologically transparent writing systems like Spanish, L2 learners experience spelling difficulties. Nonetheless, explicit spelling instruction appears to be neglected…
Descriptors: Spelling, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Feedback (Response)
'Ok I Think I Was Totally Wrong :) New Try!': Language Learning in WhatsApp through the Provision of Delayed Corrective Feedback Provided during and after Task Performance
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Murphy, Bridget; Mackay, Jessica; Tragant, Elsa – Language Learning Journal, 2023
Given the prominence of online teaching over the last few years, mobile instant messaging (MIM) has grown in importance for students studying English outside of class. Applications like WhatsApp have the potential to provide language learners the opportunity to practise communicative strategies while receiving feedback from a teacher. To explore…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Error Correction, Feedback (Response)
The Role of Videogame Glitch in Adult Learning
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Albuquerque Mendes, Beatriz Dixo Sousa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This research investigates the responses of three individuals engaging with the Super Mario World (SMW) platform videogame glitches, and how they learned to solve the problem without formal help. This investigation was chosen because it explores connections between media literacy, critical thinking, and play in adults in the context of responding…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Software, Error Correction, Problem Solving
Effects of Automatic Speech Recognition Software on Pronunciation for Adults with Different Learning Styles
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Evers, Katerina; Chen, Sufen – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
This study investigated how learning styles (visual/verbal) and the use of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) software affect English as a Second Language adult learners' improvement during a 12-week course focusing on pronunciation. In the control group (n = 28), the teacher corrected and gave feedback on the adult learners' pronunciation;…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Pronunciation Instruction
Learners' Perceptions of the Benefits of Voice Tool-Based Tasks on Their Spoken Performance
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Wilches, Astrid – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study is to investigate learners' perceptions of the benefits of tasks using voice tools to reinforce their oral skills. Additionally, this study seeks to determine what aspects of task design affected the students' perceptions. Beginner learners aged 18 to 36 with little or no experience in the use of technological tools for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Educational Benefits, Computer Mediated Communication
The Neglected Importance of Feedback Perception in Learning: An Analysis of Children and Adults' Uptake of Quantitative Feedback in a Mathematics Simulation Environment
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Blair, Kristen Pilner – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Research addressing the effectiveness of feedback for learning has focused on many dimensions of feedback, including the timing (Kulik & Kulik, 1988), type (Mory, 2004), and amount of available information (Dempsey et. al, 1993). Much of the feedback research in education has tacitly assumed that the available information is perceived, and any…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Instructional Design, Error Correction, Computer Software