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Chen, Xieling; Zou, Di; Xie, Haoran; Su, Fan – Language Learning & Technology, 2021
The advance of educational technologies and digital devices have made computer-assisted language learning (CALL) an active interdisciplinary field with increasing research potential and topic diversity. Questions like "what topics and technologies attract the interest of the CALL community?," "how have these topics and technologies…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research
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Sotillo, Susana M. – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
The following commentary presents an overview of earlier studies of discourse functions and syntactic complexity as well as recent investigations that focus on interaction and measures of syntactic and lexical complexity in learners' output in traditional classrooms and computer-mediated environments. Recent studies emphasize the need for better…
Descriptors: Syntax, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Lin, Huifen – Language Learning & Technology, 2015
This meta-analysis reports the results of a systematic synthesis of primary studies on the effectiveness of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in second language acquisition (SLA) for the period 2000-2012. By extracting information on 21 features from each primary study, this meta-analysis intends to summarize the CMC research literature for…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Meta Analysis, Effect Size
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Chun, Dorothy M.; Plass, Jan L. – Language Learning & Technology, 1997
Discusses how second-language reading research is focusing increasingly on the cognitive processes involved in reading--the interaction of lower-level, bottom-up processes such as vocabulary acquisition with high-level, top-down processes such as activating prior knowledge. This knowledge is combined with current research on learning with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Multimedia Instruction, Prior Learning