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Di Sarno-García, Sofia – The EUROCALL Review, 2023
Telecollaboration has proved to be an excellent means for the development of students' intercultural skills (O'Dowd & Dooly, 2012). Based on this presumption, a telecollaborative project was carried out between B2 level (CEFR) learners of English from Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain) and B1 level (CEFR) students of Spanish as a…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Telecommunications, Cooperative Learning
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Martínez-Flor, Alicia, Ed.; Sánchez-Hernández, Ariadna, Ed.; Barón, Júlia, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2023
This is the first edited volume dedicated to both teachers and learners of second/foreign language (L2) pragmatics. It comprises a collection of studies that explore how teachers background and practices, and individual learners differences contribute to the teaching and learning of L2 pragmatics. Also included are chapters that present…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Teachers, Pragmatics, Teaching Methods
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Oskoz, Ana; Gimeno-Sanz, Ana – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
Following the appraisal framework (Martin & White, 2005), in particular the two discourse-semantic systems of Engagement and Attitude, this study examines the extent to which second language learners in a US-Spain telecollaborative project (a) engaged with their own ideas and those of their partners and (b) expressed their attitude towards…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes
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Canals, Laia; Granena, Gisela; Yilmaz, Yucel; Malicka, Aleksandra – TESL Canada Journal, 2020
Online language courses that rely on asynchronous teacher-learner communication face a practical problem when it comes to the provision of immediate corrective feedback by the teacher in oral interaction tasks. In this learning context, learners can still communicate synchronously and record their interaction without the teacher being present, but…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Oskoz, Ana; Gimeno-Sanz, Ana – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
This study examines the linguistic resources by which foreign language (L2) learners express their ideological positions in online discussions taking place in a telecollaborative encounter during one semester. More specifically, the study attempts to decipher how L2 learners discuss and argue their points of view regarding their first culture,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Student Attitudes
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Granena, Gisela – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
Interaction is a necessary condition for second language (L2) learning (Long, 1980, 1996). Research in computer-mediated communication has shown that interaction opportunities make learners pay attention to form in a variety of ways that promote L2 learning. This research has mostly investigated text-based rather than voice-based interaction. The…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Second Language Learning
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Sevilla-Pavón, Ana – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2016
This paper explores students' perceptions of the affordances of different telecollaboration tools used in an innovation project for English for Specific Purposes online learning carried out between the University of Valencia (Spain) and Wofford College (South Carolina, United States) during the school year 2015-2016. Different tools for…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Castrillo, María Dolores; Martín-Monje, Elena; Bárcena, Elena – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
This paper analyzes the adequacy of mobile chatting via Whatsapp for the enhancement of a type of spontaneous and colloquial written interaction which has a strong connection with oral discourse. This is part of a research project undertaken with Spanish students of German as a foreign language with a beginner's or quasi-beginner's level. The…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, German
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Plana, Mar Gutiérrez-Colon; Torrano, Pere Gallardo; Grova, M. Elisa – The EUROCALL Review, 2012
The aim of this experimental study was to find out the potential of using mobile phones in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL), specifically the use of Short Message Service (SMS) as a support tool in the EFL class. The research questions formulated for this project are the following: (1) Is using SMS messages via a mobile phone an…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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MacDonald, Penny; Garcia-Carbonell, Amparo; Carot, Sierra, Jose Miguel – Language Learning & Technology, 2013
This study focuses on the computer-aided analysis of interlanguage errors made by the participants in the telematic simulation IDEELS (Intercultural Dynamics in European Education through on-Line Simulation). The synchronous and asynchronous communication analysed was part of the MiLC Corpus, a multilingual learner corpus of texts written by…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Interlanguage
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Vurdien, Ruby – Research-publishing.net, 2014
With the emergence of Web 2.0, the incorporation of internet-based social networking tools is becoming increasingly popular in the foreign language classes of today. This form of social interaction provides students with the opportunity to express and share their views with their peers, and to create profiles as well as online communities of…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Independent Study, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jager, Sake, Ed.; Kurek, Malgorzata, Ed.; O'Rourke, Breffni, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Trinity College Dublin was proud to host, in April 2016, the Second International Conference on Telecollaboration in Higher Education, with the theme "New Directions in Telecollaborative Research and Practice." Over two and a half days, 150 participants offered 95 research presentations, posters, and "problem shared" sessions.…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Cooperation, Higher Education, Educational Research
Kouwenhoven, Wim, Ed. – InTech, 2009
From 3rd to 5th March 2008 the International Association of Technology, Education and Development organised its International Technology, Education and Development Conference in Valencia, Spain. Over a hundred papers were presented by participants from a great variety of countries. Summarising, this book provides a kaleidoscopic view of work that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Technology, Professional Training