NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Activate Space Rats! Fluency Development in a Mobile Game-Assisted Environment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Grimshaw, Jennica; Cardoso, Walcir – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
Activities that promote fluency development or the automatization of speech are often ignored in second language classes because they do not teach new things; instead, they focus on speeding up language use (Nation & Newton, 2008). Anxiety also decreases chances for fluency development, as learners are less willing to produce output (Gregersen…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Sociotechnical Structures, Materialist Semiotics, and Online Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Darvin, Ron – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
Based on a study of the digital literacy practices of immigrant Filipino students in Vancouver, this paper focuses on how learners with unequal access to resources engage with different tools to locate information and find opportunities for language learning online. Data was collected through interviews and observations of participants as they…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Immigrants
ESL Teacher Training in 3D Virtual Worlds
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kozlova, Iryna; Priven, Dmitri – Language Learning & Technology, 2015
Although language learning in 3D Virtual Worlds (VWs) has become a focus of recent research, little is known about the knowledge and skills teachers need to acquire to provide effective task-based instruction in 3D VWs and the type of teacher training that best prepares instructors for such an endeavor. This study employs a situated learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Education
Podcasting for Language Learning through iTunes U: The Learner's View
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando – Language Learning & Technology, 2013
iTunes U has become the main worldwide provider of educational podcasts but, despite its popularity, little is known about the type of user who downloads iTunes U language resources, or how those resources are used. This paper presents the results of the first major survey (1891 responses) of users of one of the most successful iTunes U content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination
On the Net: ICT4LT--Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
LeLoup, Jean W.; Ponterio, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2004
Foreign language (FL) teachers have long been leaders in the use of technology in the classroom, from short wave radio and newspapers, to film strips, to tape recorders, to records, 16 mm films, video, and now computers, as a means of bringing authentic language and culture to their students. Computer and Internet technologies require…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
An Activity Theory Perspective on Student-Reported Contradictions in International Telecollaboration
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Basharina, Olga K. – Language Learning & Technology, 2007
This process-oriented study focuses on contradictions that emerged in a WebCT bulletin board collaboration among English learners from Japan, Mexico and Russia, and explains them from the perspective of activity theory (Leont'ev, 1978, 1981; Engestrom, 1987, 1999). The study identified a) two "intra-cultural" contradictions--to post or…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology