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Sun, Peijian Paul; Mei, Bing – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This study focuses on preservice Chinese-as-a-second/foreign-language (L2 Chinese) teachers with a theoretical perspective based on prior technology acceptance research in the educational context, to investigate factors influencing preservice L2 Chinese teachers' intention to use educational technology in their future classrooms. Six relevant…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers
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Wang, Weiwei; Jiang, Lianjiang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
While social networking sites (SNSs) have attracted growing scholarly interest in uncovering L2 learners' participation within these sites, the impact of writing on SNSs upon students' writing performance and learner autonomy remains underexplored. This study reported on a college EFL writing course participated by two groups of Chinese first-year…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Social Networks, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication
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Zhengdong Gan; Christopher Fulton; Siying Li – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
This article presents the development and validation of the Pre-Service EFL Teachers' Motivational Beliefs about Instructional Use of Technology scale (PTMB-EFL) using a randomly split sample. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a 23-item six-factor structure of the PTMB-EFL generated from exploratory factor analysis. Significant correlations…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Teacher Motivation
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Gu, Peiya; Zhang, Ye; Gu, Haibo – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This qualitative case study investigates the technology-enhanced constructivist learning environment (CLE) for developing undergraduate English-majors' research abilities at a Chinese university. The faculty group attempted at transforming an English Writing course into BA Thesis Writing, supported by a free online learning management system…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Constructivism (Learning), Research Skills, Theses
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Xue, Sijia; Churchill, Daniel – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
The educational potential of mobile and social media technologies in combination is becoming increasingly salient with the advance of modern technology. However, there is a dearth in the research on educational use of mobile social media for language learning. This study adopted a qualitative single case study approach to investigate a language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning
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Liu, Haixia; Lin, Chin-Hsi; Zhang, Dongbo – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
Though pedagogical beliefs have been identified as critical factors in the success of technology integration, very few studies have included them in technology-adoption models. The present study revises the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by adding teachers' pedagogical beliefs, and tests the revised model among university-level…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Information Technology, Teacher Attitudes, Language Teachers