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Reducing Students' Foreign Language Anxiety to Improve English Vocabulary Learning in an Online Simulation Game
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Yu-Fen Yang; Wen-Min Hsieh; Wing-Kwong Wong; Yi-Chun Hong; Siao-Cing Lai – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) is considered a central affective factor influencing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning. This study thus developed an online simulation game to create a virtually situated learning environment for reducing EFL primary school students' FLA levels and improving their English vocabulary learning. A total of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Impact of Intelligent Personal Assistants on Adolescent EFL Learners' Speaking Proficiency
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Tzu-Yu Tai; Howard Hao-Jan Chen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
English speaking is considered the most difficult and anxiety-provoking language skill for EFL learners due to lack of access to authentic language use, fear of making mistakes, and peers' negative comments. With automatic speech recognition and natural language processing, intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) have potential in foreign language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Speech Communication, English Language Learners, Anxiety
Student Perceptions of a Mobile Learning Application for English Oral Presentations: The Case of EOPA
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Barrett, Neil E.; Liu, Gi-Zen; Wang, Hei-Chia – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This study investigated student perceptions and opinions on an English Oral Presentation Application (EOPA), a mobile learning application designed to assist English learners develop oral presentations and online collaboration skills. This study was part of a Design Based Research (DBR) project which incorporated an adapted Technology Acceptance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Oral Language
Effects of Technology-Enhanced Language Learning on Reducing EFL Learners' Public Speaking Anxiety
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Yi-chen Chen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
Public speaking is considered the most anxiety-provoking speaking activity for English as a foreign language (EFL) learner. While traditional lecture-based classrooms hinder EFL learners' constant practice and frequent interaction due to large class sizes and limited time, recent developments in technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI),…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Oral Language, Second Language Learning
Investigating the Impacts of Using a Mobile Interactive English Learning System on the Learning Achievements and Learning Perceptions of Student with Different Backgrounds
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Cheng, Ching-Hsue; Chen, Chung-Hsi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Many scholars have highlighted the importance of motivation and anxiety in language learning. They have also indicated the advantages of integrating learning content into a mobile-assisted English learning system environment. Meanwhile, a few studies have explored the impacts of a mobile-assisted English learning system on the motivation and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes
Learners' Metalinguistic and Affective Performance in Blogging to Write
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Chen, Ping-Ju – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
The documentation of the benefits of blog use in foreign language education has proliferated since 2006. In the field of blogging to write, most studies focus on learners' linguistic performance and perceptions. To provide an analysis of learners' writing performance by using blogs, in addition to the often-researched areas, this study examines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metalinguistics, College Students, Science Education