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Enabling Language Help: Epistemic Maneuvering in Extended Information Request Sequences between EFL Teachers
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Leyland, Christopher – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2014
Recent years have seen an upsurge in interest in epistemics/knowledge in interaction (e.g., Heritage, 2012a, 2012b; Stivers, Mondada & Steensig, 2011). Insights from such research are now being used by Second Language Acquisition (SLA) researchers yielding valuable insights into teacher-student interaction (e.g., Sert, 2013) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Teaching Social Media Analytics: An Assessment Based on Natural Disaster Postings
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Goh, Tiong T.; Sun, Pei-Chen – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
Unstructured data in social media is as part of the "big data" spectrum. Unstructured data in Social media can provide useful insights into social phenomena and citizen opinions, both of which are critical to government policy and businesses decisions. Teachers of business intelligence and analytics commonly use quantitative data from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Data Analysis, Natural Disasters
EFL Learner Collaborative Interaction in Second Life
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Peterson, Mark – ReCALL, 2012
This paper reports on the task-based interaction of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in the 3D multiuser virtual environment (MUVE) Second Life. The discussion first explores research on the precursors of MUVEs, text-based 2D virtual worlds known as MOOs. This is followed by an examination of studies on the use of MUVEs in Computer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Role Playing