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Lantolf, James P.; Xi, Jiao – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2023
The article reviews Digital Language Learning (DLL) research that has used principles and concepts of Sociocultural Theory (SCT) to support the research. We explain several key principles of the theory and shows how they have been misused or used in a superficial way in the DLL research. These include the assumption that SCT is a social rather…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Musa Nushi; Alireza Aghaei; Maryam Roshanbin – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2021
This paper reviews WordUp, a mobile application which fosters English vocabulary learning through exposure to new words in authentic and engaging contexts such as excerpts of movies, songs, and news programme. The samples of use are introduced after the definition of the target words have been provided in both the learners' first language and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Artificial Intelligence
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Ezeh, Chioma – Teaching English with Technology, 2020
The need for multimodality in meaning-making and knowledge representation is critical in this contemporary time when teachers are faced with not only diversity in classrooms but also a great number of technological tools to choose from. Digital storytelling implies creating stories with multimodal tools including text, images, audio and videos. As…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Student Diversity
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Jarvis, Huw; Krashen, Stephen – TESL-EJ, 2014
In this article, Huw Jarvis and Stephen Krashen ask "Is CALL Obsolete?" When the term CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) was introduced in the 1960s, the language education profession knew only about language learning, not language acquisition, and assumed the computer's primary contribution to second language acquisition…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Lewis, Laurie; Gray, Lucinda – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
The 2015-16 survey "Programs and Services for High School English Learners" provides the first nationally representative data on this topic. This report is based on that survey and presents data on programs and services for high school English learners (ELs), including instructional approaches, newcomer programs, online or computer-based…
Descriptors: High School Students, English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction, Public Schools
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Fehr, Charles N.; Davison, Mark L.; Graves, Michael F.; Sales, Gregory C.; Seipel, Ben; Sekhran-Sharma, Sarah – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2012
Vocabulary knowledge is of fundamental importance to reading comprehension, and many students lack the vocabulary knowledge necessary to facilitate learning to read. A study was conducted to determine the effects of an individualized, online vocabulary program on picture vocabulary test scores. Elementary summer school students (N = 43), entering…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Scores