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Anne-Marie Sénécal; Walcir Cardoso; Vanessa Mezzaluna – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Clickers are hand-held devices that wirelessly transmit student input to a computer: students answer multiple-choice questions using their clickers and the answer distribution is displayed on a screen. Previous studies suggest that the pedagogical use of these devices may contribute to learning and that they are positively perceived by students in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Audience Response Systems
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Kozar, Olga – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Videoconferencing tools, like Skype, etc., are being increasingly used in language education worldwide. Despite assumed socio-affective and pedagogical benefits of using webcams in synchronous online language lessons, such as the feeling of co-presence or the possibilities of non-verbal communication, little is known about attitudes held by…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Photography
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Schulze, Mathias; Scholz, Kyle – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
Currently there is a push toward offering more language courses online because they can provide students with new forms of social and learning interaction, widen their access to education, and offer an individualized learning experience in large classes. Little research exists examining how students transition between online and on-campus language…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Li, Jia; Cummins, Jim; Deng, Qizhen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This study examined university undergraduate English language learners' (ELLs) perspectives on an intervention, Word Matters, that aimed to enhance functional academic vocabulary learning critical to their cognitive academic language proficiency development (Cummins, 1989), a challenge faced by many ELLs in English-medium universities. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English Language Learners, Student Attitudes
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Craven, Mary-Louise; Sinyor, Roberta – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1998
Compares results from surveys conducted in 1987 and 1998 on how computer-assisted language learning (CALL) was being used in Canadian universities. Results provided information on what types of hardware and software were being used, languages taught using CALL, the impact of CALL on various courses, and teachers' and students' attitudes about…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software