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Using a Virtual World as a Communication Space to Supplement an Online Course Platform for Teaching Oral Communication Skills to Adult English as a Second Language Learners
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Castillo, Maria Iliana – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation addressed the question of how the virtual world of Second Life used in combination with a distance learning course platform contributed to improving the oral communication skills of adult learners in an English as a second language context. Over recent years, research in the field has attempted to explore the different classroom…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation
A Comparison of the Effects of Classroom and Multi-User Virtual Environments on the Perceived Speaking Anxiety of Adult Post-Secondary English Language Learners
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Abal, Abdulaziz – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The population of English Language Learners (ELLs) globally has been increasing substantially every year. In the United States alone, adult ELLs are the fastest growing portion of learners in adult education programs (Yang, 2005). There is a significant need to improve the teaching of English to ELLs in the United States and other English-speaking…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Adult Education, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Simulation