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Download full textEnrico Grazzi – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
The aim of this personal reflection is to revisit the major concepts that have informed my academic research in the area of applied linguistics and second language development, and show how my overall pedagogical approach has evolved, thanks to the contribution of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory (SCT). The main focus of this paper is on the…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkIlles, Eva – ELT Journal, 2012
This article explores whether the perception of learner autonomy that is promoted in language pedagogy is suitable for preparing students to perform successfully in the changed circumstances of the use of English. Recent developments, which include the growing role of English as a lingua franca and computer-mediated communication (CMC), give rise…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language), Learning Processes, Computer Mediated Communication
Pirius, Landon K.; Creel, Gill – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2010
In an online class, it's not unusual to never see a teacher or classmates face-to-face. It's not unusual to interact with an instructor and classmates through discussion boards or e-mail and to get information through online documents and presentations rather than live lectures. In the spring of 2009 students in the online class "Warcraft:…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Asynchronous Communication, Course Content, Video Games
Dobson, Teresa M. – E-Learning, 2007
In information systems and end-user computer research, "using" appears to encapsulate a range of activities, such as reading, writing, viewing and so on. And yet it is a grossly inadequate descriptor for any of these activities, failing to account for the fact that texts--digital or otherwise--are produced and engaged by humans for a variety of…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Computer Mediated Communication, Media Literacy, Influence of Technology
Starkey, Brigid – Educational Technology, 2001
Describes the International Communication and Negotiation Simulations (ICONS) Project that teachers college students about cross-cultural communication, including the role of foreign language in diplomacy and the complexities of the international system. Discusses the role playing element, Web-based communication between teams, active student…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Cross Cultural Studies, Global Education
Blanchette, Judith – 1996
Canadians find it necessary to both define and defend their cultural identity partly because their historic, geographic, and political differences from the United States are frequently overshadowed by the many characteristics the two countries share: a continent, a very high standard of living, a language, and a popular culture as presented…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bias, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software
