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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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Chen, Tsuiping – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Some studies on technology-supported peer feedback in the writing classroom claim that it reduces the threatening atmosphere caused by face-to-face interaction and that the discourse patterns and language use in the electronic feedback are more flexible than in spoken discourse. Others present a negative view that the comments generated from…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Feedback (Response), Computer Assisted Instruction