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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
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Tsai, Shu-Chiao – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Due to the outbreak of COVID 19, an online bilingual curriculum was conducted via "Google Meet." The learning material was developed and implemented by using a smartphone application, STEMUP, based on augmented reality (AR) and automatic speech recognition (ASR) technologies. This study investigated the oral performance and perceptions…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
Lin, Grace Hui Chin – Online Submission, 2020
This research was aimed at investigating the pedagogical roles of computer games (Hao et al, 2019, Chen & Hsu, 2019). It explored the impact of computer "mixed with language" (White et al, 2019) training, using simulation games, upon language acquisition and diverse daily-life knowledge. In a teacher preparation university of western…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Computer Games, Training
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Lan, Yu-Ju – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Second Life (SL) for improving the oral output of overseas Chinese students learning Mandarin Chinese (hereafter referred to as Mandarin). More than 1000 overseas Chinese students attend a university in northern Taiwan every year to learn Mandarin as a heritage language after graduating…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Oral Language, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Lan, Yu-Ju; Kan, Yu-Hsuan; Hsiao, Indy Y. T.; Yang, Stephen J. H.; Chang, Kuo-En – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
The aims of this research were to develop guidelines for designing interaction tasks for learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) and to investigate the attitudes of CFL learners toward a full CFL class in Second Life (SL). Three research questions were addressed in this research: (1) what are the attitudes of CFL learners toward the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Instructional Design, Chinese, Second Language Instruction