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Hsu, Wenhua – Journal of English Teaching, 2021
English-medium instruction (EMI) has become a nationwide trend in Taiwan's higher education institutions. Behind this rapid growth is the widespread belief that EMI provides English immersion, which facilitates incidental learning of the target language. However, not all EMI programs in EFL contexts provide the same immersion as those in the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Chen, Wen-Chun; Eslami, Zohreh – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
This study investigated the effectiveness of incidental focus on form in promoting second language development in text-based live chats. Sixteen college-level Taiwanese English language learners were partnered with American college students to complete two communicative tasks via synchronous chats on Instant Messenger. Language-related episodes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning