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Manegre, Marni; Gutiérrez-Colón, Mar – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Knowledge building occurs when students work together and participate in idea-centred discussions where they share information and create knowledge collectively. This research explores whether knowledge building in knowledge forums using English as the "lingua franca" can facilitate in foreign language learning. An analysis was done on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Collaborative Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
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Istifci, Ilknur; Dogan Ucar, Asiye – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2021
The various possibilities that social media offers to language learners and teachers have long been recognized by researchers within the field of language instruction, and many studies have been carried out in an attempt to address and unpack its potential contributions. This paper aims to review such research on the use of mainstream social media…
Descriptors: Social Media, Second Language Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Videoconferencing
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Manegre, Marni; Gutiérrez-Colón, Mar – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This study presents the results of an experiment designed to determine whether knowledge building can facilitate foreign language acquisition. We examined how groups of Catalan students in secondary schools worked together on collaborative writing tasks in English, their foreign language. The students were participating in the Knowledge Building…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Manegre, Marni; Gutiérrez-Colón, Mar; Gisbert, Mercè – The EUROCALL Review, 2019
This paper presents the first phase of a study conducted to analyze Knowledge Building forums for evidence of second language acquisition. This study is an analysis of the posts within an existing forum in search of evidence of foreign language learning. The analysis found that the collaborative writing project shows evidence that the students…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
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Blin, Francoise; Appel, Christine – CALICO Journal, 2011
This paper addresses issues of language use and negotiation and utilizes cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) as a framework to analyze and understand the complexity of the mediational and collaborative structures constituting computer supported collaborative writing in a second language (CSCWL2) activities. Following an introduction to CHAT…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Collaborative Writing, Interaction, Writing Instruction
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers