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Bibauw, Serge; François, Thomas; Desmet, Piet – Research-publishing.net, 2015
Dialogue-based Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) covers applications and systems allowing a learner to practice the target language in a meaning-focused conversational activity with an automated agent. We first present a common definition for dialogue-based CALL, based on three features: dialogue as the activity unit, computer as the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Lin, Huifen – Research-publishing.net, 2012
Over the past two decades, a large body of research has been conducted on the effectiveness of computer-mediated communication (CMC) employed as either standalone or instructional tools in SLA classrooms. Findings from this large body of work, however, are not conclusive, making it important to identify factors that would inform its successful…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Effect Size, Second Language Learning
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Bookstein, Abraham; Storer, James A. – Information Processing and Management, 1992
Introduces this issue, which contains papers from the 1991 Data Compression Conference, and defines data compression. The two primary functions of data compression are described, i.e., storage and communications; types of data using compression technology are discussed; compression methods are explained; and current areas of research are…
Descriptors: Coding, Computer Storage Devices, Conferences, Information Processing