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Wigham, Ciara R.; Chanier, Thierry – ReCALL, 2013
Three-dimensional synthetic worlds introduce possibilities for nonverbal communication in computer-mediated language learning. This paper presents an original methodological framework for the study of multimodal communication in such worlds. It offers a classification of verbal and nonverbal communication acts in the synthetic world "Second…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Verbal Communication
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Hampel, Regina – ReCALL, 2006
This article discusses a framework for the development of tasks in a synchronous online environment used for language learning and teaching. It shows how a theoretical approach based on second language acquisition (SLA) principles, sociocultural and constructivist theories, and concepts taken from research on multimodality and new literacies, can…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Computer Mediated Communication, Open Universities
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Basanta, Carmen Perez – ReCALL, 2004
This paper presents an online course for assessing and developing lexical competence which grew out of one simple question: How many words do our students have? We start by highlighting the importance of vocabulary teaching in the second language learning process and the beneficial effects of multimedia on developing lexis. The first response to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Personal Autonomy, Vocabulary Development