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The Effects of International Email and Skype Interactions on Computer-Mediated Communication Perceptions and Attitudes and Intercultural Competence in Taiwanese Students
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Hsu, Shih-Yin; Beasley, Robert E. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
Learners in an English as a foreign language (EFL) context seldom have the opportunity to interact with people from other cultures and experience intercultural communication in English to foster their intercultural competence (IC), whether inside or outside of the classroom. In an effort to create a brand new opportunity to boost target language…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Student Attitudes
"My Heart Want to Say Something": Exploring ELL Vocabulary Use through E-Mail
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Hwang, Sung-on; Piazza, Carolyn L.; Pierce, Michael J.; Bryce, Sara M. – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on one high school English-language-learner's (ELL) breadth and depth of vocabulary as he communicated with his teacher through e-mail across geographic boundaries for over 18 months. Design/methodology/approach: The authors began by separating 358 e-mails into three time periods (first beginning,…
Descriptors: Semantics, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Real People, Real Places.
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Field, Sherry L.; And Others – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1996
Describes a class project where Taiwanese and U.S. students used computers to communicate and work on several joint projects. The students communicated through e-mail and exchanged videos about their school and autobiographies. They collaborated on several culminating projects including creating some hypertext documents with shared links. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Education
Using Electronic Mail for English as a Foreign Language Instruction.
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Liaw, Meei-Ling – System, 1998
Investigates the efficacy of integrating electronic-mail writing into two English-as-Foreign-Language (EFL) classrooms and explores the dynamics involved in the process of e-mail exchanges. Students in one class were paired up to exchange e-mail messages with the students in the other class for one semester. At the end of the project, a written…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Awareness, Electronic Mail