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Laleh Fakhraee Faruji; Samira Soleimanian; Mahdieh Shafipoor – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2024
The present study investigated the effect of computer- and mobile-mediated shadowing on Iranian impulsive and reflective English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' speaking ability. To collect the data, 100 intermediate participants, whose proficiency level was measured by administering Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT), took the pretest of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Speech Skills
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Gutiérrez-Colón, Mar; Frumuselu, Anca Daniela; Curell, Hortènsia – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) is a fast-developing field that is constantly growing and evolving in education. There is a lack of publications focusing on implementation studies of MALL as a means to enhance second language/foreign language (L2) reading comprehension. Building on Burston's (2013). Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: a…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Program Implementation
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Nami, Fatemeh – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
The popularity and use of smartphone apps for language learning have significantly grown in Iran over the past years. Despite this growth, empirical data on students' choice of such apps, their perception towards them, and the impact of external factors on their attitude remains scant. In an attempt to contribute to this research base, a…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Second Language Instruction
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Xodabande, Ismail; Atai, Mahmood Reza – Open Learning, 2022
The current study investigated the contribution of a mobile application for self-directed and autonomous learning of academic vocabulary among English as a Foreign language (EFL) university students. Furthermore, we examined the long-term impacts of mobile-assisted vocabulary learning, by using a pre-, post-, and delayed post-test design. The…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Independent Study
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Pourdana, Natasha; Nour, Payam; Yousefi, Fariba – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2021
Among a growing body of research that examined the contradictory role of written corrective feedback (WCF) in development of L2 writing accuracy, this study investigated the possible impact of focused metalinguistic WCF on discourse markers (DMs) in writing performance of an intact group of 42 Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners…
Descriptors: Written Language, Feedback (Response), Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Ma'azi, Halaleh; Janfeshan, Kamran – Cogent Education, 2018
The primary purpose of this study was to explore the effect of Edmodo social learning network on Iranian learners' writing skill. It also attempted to find out students' attitudes toward Edmodo. Forty participants were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. For both groups, at first a test of writing as a pre-test was run to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Social Media, Computer Uses in Education
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Kacetl, Jaroslav; Klímová, Blanka – Education Sciences, 2019
At present, hardly any younger person can imagine life without mobile technologies. They use them on a daily basis, including in language learning. Such learning supported with mobile devices is called mobile learning, which seems beneficial especially thanks to the unique features of mobile applications (e.g., interactivity, ubiquity, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs
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Zadahmad, Manouchehr; Yousefzadehfard, Parisa – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2016
Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) aims to improve all mobile applications such as m-learning systems. This study presents an innovative method to use web technology and software engineering's best practices to provide m-learning functionalities hosted in a MCC-learning system as service. Components hosted by MCC are used to empower developers to create…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Computer Software, Handheld Devices, Internet
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Jafari, Sanaz; Chalak, Azizeh – English Language Teaching, 2016
The availability and the use of mobile messaging applications are increasingly widespread among the new generation of students in Iran. The present study aimed to investigate the role of WhatsApp in the vocabulary learning improvement of Iranian junior high school EFL students. Using a mixed method design, a group of 60 students including 30 male…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Oriented Programs, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)